Lot 87
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A WILLIAM IV EBONISED AND BRASS-INLAID QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH LEVER ESCAPEMENT, CENTRE SECONDS AND ENAMEL DIAL
A WILLIAM IV EBONISED AND BRASS-INLAID QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH LEVER ESCAPEMENT, CENTRE SECONDS AND ENAMEL DIAL

LEONARD JUST & SON, LONDON, THE MOVEMENT NO. 9692 AND PROBABLY BY THWAITES & REED. CIRCA 1835

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A WILLIAM IV EBONISED AND BRASS-INLAID QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH LEVER ESCAPEMENT, CENTRE SECONDS AND ENAMEL DIAL
LEONARD JUST & SON, LONDON, THE MOVEMENT NO. 9692 AND PROBABLY BY THWAITES & REED. CIRCA 1835
CASE: pineapple finials to arched case, cluster columns to front angles, fishscale frets and ring handles to sides, ball feet DIAL: 7 in. diameter white enamel dial signed 'LEOD. JUST & SON/MIDDELTON SQR. LONDON', gilt-brass main hands, blued steel centre seconds hand MOVEMENT: substantial plates with six pillars, triple fusees, monometallic lever balance to large platform to back plate signed 'Just & Son/LONDON', front plate numbered '9692', quarter-striking on eight bells, hour strike on further bell
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Leonard Just was a maker of watches for the Chinese market and recorded working in London from 1790-1844. The number on the front plate of the movement probably indicates Thwaites and Reed manufacture and a date of circa 1835/36.

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