λ A FINE WILLIAM AND MARY RED TORTOISESHELL TABLE OR BRACKET CLOCK

λ A FINE WILLIAM AND MARY RED TORTOISESHELL TABLE OR BRACKET CLOCK

BY THOMAS MARTIN, LONDON, C.1700

the brass eight day twin fusee movement with five knopped pillars, a verge escapement, bob pendulum and repeat mechanism, chiming on a nest of six bells and striking on a seventh bell, the backplate engraved with a bird in scrolling foliage around the inscription 'Thomas Martin London' in a cherub cartouche, the brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman and Arabic numerals and a matted centre with a mock pendulum aperture inscribed 'Thos. Martin London', a date aperture and ringed winding holes, inside gilt winged mask spandrels, the case with a caddy top with a hinged marked silver gilt handle above silk lined fretwork sound panels and a stepped base

35cm high, 25.7cm wide, 16.2cm deep

Provenance

The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks, number 35.

Literature

Eric Bruton, FBHI, 'The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks - A Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks', p. 95, illustration 35.