AN ENGLISH EBONIZED AND PAINTED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
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AN ENGLISH EBONIZED AND PAINTED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK

WILLIAM CRAYLE, LONDON, CIRCA 1665

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AN ENGLISH EBONIZED AND PAINTED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
WILLIAM CRAYLE, LONDON, CIRCA 1665
The case with painted foliate banding, the engraved and matted dial plate with silvered Roman chapter ring and pierced steel hands, signed 'William Crayle / Londini'; the movement with two train gut fusee and reconverted verge escapement, countwheel strike to bell
16 ¼ in. (42 cm.) high (handle down), 11 ½ in. (29 cm.) wide, 1 ¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

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William Crayle (or Craile) (d. 1710), was working in Fleet Street in 1662, and by 1676 was working 'at the Black Boy in the Strand near the Savoy'.

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