Lot Essay
Benjamin Wright, c.1664-1709 was apprenticed to Abraham Prime 'till 1685 and believed to have been working in Bell Alley and Coleman Street.
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A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND FLORAL MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
Ben Wright, London
the convex-moulded case with floral marquetry to the plinth and to the rectangular trunk door with oval lenticle, similar marquetry to the throat moulding and to the hood with twist columns and foliate pierced-wood blind frieze fret, the 11in. sq. dial signed Ben Wright Londini Fecit on the silvered chapter ring with blued steel hands, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds, ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, winged cherub-and-foliate spandrels, the movement with latches to the four ringed pillars, anchor escapement, inside countwheel strike on bell above
6ft. 10in. (207cm.) high
Ben Wright, London
the convex-moulded case with floral marquetry to the plinth and to the rectangular trunk door with oval lenticle, similar marquetry to the throat moulding and to the hood with twist columns and foliate pierced-wood blind frieze fret, the 11in. sq. dial signed Ben Wright Londini Fecit on the silvered chapter ring with blued steel hands, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds, ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, winged cherub-and-foliate spandrels, the movement with latches to the four ringed pillars, anchor escapement, inside countwheel strike on bell above
6ft. 10in. (207cm.) high