Lot 80
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A Charles II ebonised small longcase clock
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A Charles II ebonised small longcase clock

THOMAS TAYLOR, HOLBURN. CIRCA 1685

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A Charles II ebonised small longcase clock
Thomas Taylor, Holburn. Circa 1685
The oak and pine case of diminuitive proportions with spiral-turned columns supporting the frieze with pierced ebony sound fret beneath the moulded flat top, convex throat moulding above the panelled rectangular door with oval lenticle, the plinth on later bun feet, the 9¼in. square dial signed Thomas Taylor Holburn beneath the silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic chapters and trident half hour markers, later decoration to the calendar aperture and ringed winding holes, the centre engraved with a rosette, blued steel hands, the movement with five ringed pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike on a bell
7ft¾in. (184.5cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Taylor, Thomas (senior) was already an apprentice of Nicholas Fetters by 1654, when the latter promised to bind him through the Clockmakers' Company. He was Free of the Company in October 1659, an Assistant in 1676, Warden from 1683 and Master in 1688. He died in 1690. He lived in the parish of St. Andrew Holborn and owned property in Fulham. His son Thomas (born 1664/5) was also a clockmaker and apprenticed to his father 1678-85. See Brian Loomes, The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain, NAG Press, 1981, pp.526-7. There is some evidence of an association between Thomas Taylor and Joseph Knibb, with clocks which are thought to have been made by the latter or under his supervision bearing Taylor's signature (see Dawson, Drover, Parkes, Early English Clockmakers, Antique Collectors' Club, 1982, p.365).

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