A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

BY JOSEPH WINDMILLS, LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY

the brass eight day twin train movement with four turned pillars, the anchor escapement striking on a bell, the ten and a half inch brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman hour and Arabic five-minute numerals and inscribed 'J Windmills London', the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and a date aperture inside cherub head spandrels, the hood with a square, glazed door framed with a floral inlay and flanked by turned columns with gilt capitals and bases, the trunk with a circular glazed lenticle to the door, between panels inlaid with birds amongst scrolling foliage, with two weights and a pendulum

202cm high

Catalogue Note

Joseph Windmills an esteemed maker and was made free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1671 and became master in 1702. He was in partnership with his son Thomas and they were based in Tower Street, London.