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42 84 85 84 A Queen Anne walnut longcase clock Asselin, London, early 18th century The four-pillar inside countwheel bell-striking movement with 12 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and signed Asselin, London to lower edge, the angles with twin cherub and crown pattern spandrels, in a case with moulded cornice and foliate fretwork frieze above integral columns to hood door, concave throat moulding and rectangular quarter veneered door centred by a brass lenticle to trunk, on a rebuilt plinth base with moulded skirt, 217cm high. Probably Stephen Asselin who is recorded in Loomes, BrianThe Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as working circa 1700-20. £2,500-3,500 85 A William III eight-day longcase clock movement and dial John Webster, London, circa 1700 The four (formerly five) finned pillar movement with internal countwheel bell strike and 12 inch square gilt brass dial with herringbone engraved calendar aperture, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds ring to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to the narrow outer track, stylised sword-hilt half hour markers and signed John Webster, London to lower edge, the angles applied with gilt mask and scroll cast spandrels with foliate engraved infill between. Two clockmakers with the name John Webster are recorded working at the end of the 17th century, the first was apprenticed to Thomas Tompion in 1676 but apparently not made Free of the Clockmakers Company, the second was apprenticed to Henry Merryman in 1686, Freed 1695 and was known to be working into the early 18th century. The current lot has survived in good original condition retaining its original gilt finish to the dial plate and escapewheel, the only significant fault being the removal of the fifth pillar. £800-1,200 www.dnfa.com/donnington
86 A George III small pantry timepiece Edward Smith, Newbury, circa 1800 The thirty-hour four-pillar movement with verge escapement and 4.5 inch single-sheet brass Roman numeral break-arch dial signed EDW’D SMITH, NEWBURY to arch, now in a simple stained pine box-form case, (lacking alarm, later hands), 16cm high. £400-600 87 A Dutch marquetry Hague clock Unsigned, late 17th century and later The movement with four baluster-turned pillars pinned through the backplate, the extant single tandem spring drum with two great wheels driving both going and striking trains with outside countwheel, elaborate pierced steel gate and later anchor escapement, (the quarter train lacking), the movement now suspended from a 13.75 inch square white painted Roman numeral dial hinged to the case on the left hand side, with elaborate pierced and engraved brass hands and four-seasons cast spandrels, the pedimented case with parquetry-star behind movement to interior, and foliate trail decorated tympanium above conforming shallow entablature and swollen Corinthian columns with rectangular plinths flanking dial to exterior, the rear with original iron hanging loops, 54cm high. The movement of the current lot, although incomplete, basically dates to around 1680. The tandem barrel was often utilised by Dutch makers at this period but was phased out in favour of the fusee by the last decade of the century. The original dial would have been velvet covered and applied with a pierced brass chapter ring and decorative spandrels. The rear ‘box’ of the case may possibly be original to the movement and retains early features such as the iron hanging loops and parquetry star panel to the interior. The current white painted dial and ‘facade’ of the case probably date to the end of the 18th century. £500-700 01635 553553 86 88 A hooded wall clock with eight inch dial Thomas Guluan, Horsemonden circa 1730, the case later The 30-hour posted countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor escapement and 8 inch square brass dial signed Thos. Guluan, Horsemonden to the foliate-scroll engraved centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half-hour markers and mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles, now in a shallow-arch pedimented case with foliate pierced fret above integral columns to hood with shaped apron and side sections to the bracket beneath, 53cm high. £800-1,200 43 87 88
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