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A walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock
Christopher Gould, London, late 17th century and later
The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement
with 11 inch rosette-centred square brass dial with ringed
subsidiary seconds dial and winding holes and foliate engraved
calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered
Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour
markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles
applied with winged cherub head and scroll cast spandrels with
scroll engraved infill between and signed Chr: Gould Londini
fecit to lower margin, in a case with moulded cornice and
fretwork frieze above foliate trail inlaid dial surround applied
with spiral twist three-quarter columns to front angles, the
trunk with convex throat moulding and rectangular door
centred with a glazed lenticle and inlaid with three shaped
marquetry panels decorated with flowering foliage on an
ebonised ground within triple ebony and box line borders and a
walnut field, on conforming marquetry panel fronted base with
applied ogee shallow skirt (case with faults), 203cm (80ins) high.
Christopher Gould is generally regarded as one of the leading
makers from the ‘Golden Period’ of English clockmaking. He
was made Free of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1682 but by
1713 had become destitute and received charity from the
Company until his death in 1718. His work tends to exhibit a
distinctive character borne out of his particular attention to
detail and design.
£6,000-8,000
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A Charles II style ebonised table clock
Unsigned, 20th century incorporating some earlier elements
The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with verge
escapement, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power and
decorative foliate pierced and engraved back cock apron to the
herringbone border decorated backplate, the 6 inch square
brass dial with arched false bob aperture to the matted centre
within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with
cruciform half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer
track, with fine pierced blued steel hands and winged cherub
mask cast spandrels to angles, in a case with gilt brass hinged
handle to the domed caddy above foliate pierced sound fret to
the upper rail of the front door, the sides with conforming frets
above rectangular glazed apertures, on moulded base with
squab feet, 33cm (13ins) high excluding handle.
£1,500-2,000
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