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Circa 1690
Sold
12¾ inches high
An extremely rare silver-mounted ebony striking table clock with pull quarter repeat and alarm. CASE The ebony-veneered case is profusely mounted in solid silver with an unusual ribbon-tied handle surmounting the domed top which has silver foliate-cast mounts applied to the four sides whilst the four corners are set with gadrooned flaming urn finials. The sides of the case have small silver frets above glass panels and the front door is applied with ‘fat’ winged cherub escutcheons, a further silver sound fret to the top rail and a partial fret to the lower rail. DIAL The fully latched dial 6¼ inch square brass dial is signed Rich Colston London on the silvered chapter ring, it has solid silver winged cherub spandrels to the corners and two selection levers above the chapter ring for hour strike / silent and alarm on / off. The matted centre has three winding holes for going, strike and alarm and a central silvered alarm disc is set against the ‘spur’ of the finely pieced blued steel hour hand. MOVEMENT The very high quality movement has seven latched and ring-turned pillars with twin gut fusees, the going train has verge escapement and short bob pendulum; the strike train has rack strike on a bell with pull quarter repeat system chiming the quarters on three bells. The backplate is fully engraved with scrolling foliage and tulip heads and it is elegantly signed Rich Colston London within a central cartouche.