Lot Essay
James Boyce was active from 1685 and a member of the Clockmakers Company from 1692-1712.
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SIGNED JAMES BOYCE, LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND FLORAL MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
Signed James Boyce, London, late 17th century
The circular silvered-brass chapter ring with Roman and Arabic hours signed James Boyce/London, enclosing a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the two train movement with anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking the hour on a bell, with spandrels cast as two putti holding aloft the Royal Crown, in a front-sliding hood with overhanging stepped molding and glazed sides, the case with trunk door and circular lenticle, on a stepped base, decorated overall with floral marquetry, with later skirt and bracket feet, case and works possibly associated, lacking pendulum, currently inoperable
82in. (216.5cm.) high
Signed James Boyce, London, late 17th century
The circular silvered-brass chapter ring with Roman and Arabic hours signed James Boyce/London, enclosing a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the two train movement with anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking the hour on a bell, with spandrels cast as two putti holding aloft the Royal Crown, in a front-sliding hood with overhanging stepped molding and glazed sides, the case with trunk door and circular lenticle, on a stepped base, decorated overall with floral marquetry, with later skirt and bracket feet, case and works possibly associated, lacking pendulum, currently inoperable
82in. (216.5cm.) high