Lot Essay
Jonathan Lowndes listed as member of the Clockmakers' Company 1680-1710.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FROM BELMONT HOUSE, EAST SUSSEX (LOTS 77-90)
A WILLIAM AND MARY REPOUSSE BRASS-MOUNTED EBONY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
JONATHAN LOWNDES, LONDON, CIRCA 1695
Details
A WILLIAM AND MARY REPOUSSE BRASS-MOUNTED EBONY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
JONATHAN LOWNDES, LONDON, CIRCA 1695
CASE: with foliate clasp ring handle and ball finials, silk-backed pierced sound fret to front DIAL: the brass dial with winged cherub spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, the matted centre with mock pendulum, date aperture and ringed winding holes MOVEMENT: two train fusee movement with five pillars, verge escapement, internal rack strike on bell, pull quarter repeat on three bells and strike/no strike, the engraved back plate signed Jonat Lowndes/London
13 ½ in. (34 cm.) high; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
JONATHAN LOWNDES, LONDON, CIRCA 1695
CASE: with foliate clasp ring handle and ball finials, silk-backed pierced sound fret to front DIAL: the brass dial with winged cherub spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, the matted centre with mock pendulum, date aperture and ringed winding holes MOVEMENT: two train fusee movement with five pillars, verge escapement, internal rack strike on bell, pull quarter repeat on three bells and strike/no strike, the engraved back plate signed Jonat Lowndes/London
13 ½ in. (34 cm.) high; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Anthony Woodburn, Lewes, 14th January 2008.
Brought to you by
Peter Horwood