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A good late 17th century red tortoiseshell basket top quarter repeating table clock John Adamson...
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London, United Kingdom
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A good late 17th century red tortoiseshell basket top quarter repeating table clock John Adamson, London Surmounted by a cast handle of dolphins and birds set on foliate pommels to a repoussé brass basket, the sides set with glazed observation windows, to a moulded base on squat claw and ball feet. The 6 inch square brass dial with cast winged cherub's head spandrels interspersed by foliate engraving, framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre, strike/silent, engraved date aperture and blued steel hands. the twin fusee movement with verge escapement, the plates united by five pillars, the signed backplate engraved with tulips centred on the signature cartouche further mounted with outside barrel ratchets with stops supported by a shaped steel spring, the rack strike sounding the hours on a bell. 36cms (14 inches) high Footnotes: John Adamson was admitted as a Brother of the Clockmakers Company in 1686. His date of death is not known, but Anna Adamson signed a watch in 1696 and may well have been his widow. John was certainly dead by 1698. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A good late 17th century red tortoiseshell basket top quarter repeating table clock John Adamson, London Surmounted by a cast handle of dolphins and birds set on foliate pommels to a repoussé brass basket, the sides set with glazed observation windows, to a moulded base on squat claw and ball feet. The 6 inch square brass dial with cast winged cherub's head spandrels interspersed by foliate engraving, framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre, strike/silent, engraved date aperture and blued steel hands. the twin fusee movement with verge escapement, the plates united by five pillars, the signed backplate engraved with tulips centred on the signature cartouche further mounted with outside barrel ratchets with stops supported by a shaped steel spring, the rack strike sounding the hours on a bell. 36cms (14 inches) high Footnotes: John Adamson was admitted as a Brother of the Clockmakers Company in 1686. His date of death is not known, but Anna Adamson signed a watch in 1696 and may well have been his widow. John was certainly dead by 1698. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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