Lot Essay
John Barnett (d. 1702), apprenticed to John Ebsworth in 1675 and was free in 1682, worked at the Sign of the Peacock in Lothbury.
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JOHN BARNETT, LONDON, CIRCA 1690
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AN ENGLISH EBONY AND BRASS-MOUNTED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
JOHN BARNETT, LONDON, CIRCA 1690
The case with basket top and repoussé friezes, glazed sides and rear door, the square dial with date aperture to the matted center, silvered chapter ring with Roman hours, Arabic five minutes and sword hilt half hour markers, cherub head spandrels and blued steel hands; the movement with plates joined by five latched double baluster pillars, with two train gut fusees and reconverted verge escapement, countwheel strike to bell, formerly with pull quarter repeat work, the floral engraved backplate signed 'John Barnett / Londini fecit'
15 in. (38 cm.) high (handle down), 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide, 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) deep
JOHN BARNETT, LONDON, CIRCA 1690
The case with basket top and repoussé friezes, glazed sides and rear door, the square dial with date aperture to the matted center, silvered chapter ring with Roman hours, Arabic five minutes and sword hilt half hour markers, cherub head spandrels and blued steel hands; the movement with plates joined by five latched double baluster pillars, with two train gut fusees and reconverted verge escapement, countwheel strike to bell, formerly with pull quarter repeat work, the floral engraved backplate signed 'John Barnett / Londini fecit'
15 in. (38 cm.) high (handle down), 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide, 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) deep
Literature
P.G. Dawson, C.B. Drover, D.W. Parkes, Early English Clocks, Woodbridge, 1982, p. 457, pl. 672.
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