Lot Essay
Henry Elliott was made a Free Brother in the Clockmakers' Company in September 1688. He was still alive in 1704 when his son, also Henry, was apprenticed but not heard of afterwards.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LONDON COLLECTOR (LOTS 71-91)
A WILLIAM AND MARY EBONISED AND GILT-BRASS MOUNTED STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
HENRY ELLIOTT, LONDON. CIRCA 1690
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A WILLIAM AND MARY EBONISED AND GILT-BRASS MOUNTED STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
HENRY ELLIOTT, LONDON. CIRCA 1690
CASE: cast scroll handle to gilt-brass repoussé basket top, glazed side panels, repoussé mounts to doors, bun feet DIAL: 7 in. wide brass dial with cherub mask spandrels to chapter ring, engraved date square and ringed winding holes to matted centre, later strike/silent above XII, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: with twin fusees, six latched and ringed pillars, replaced verge escapement, rack strike on bell, pull quarter repeat on three further bells, scored line border and scrolling foliate engraving to back plate signed 'Henry Elliott/LONDON/Fecit', restorations to under dial work; pendulum, winding key
14½ in. (37 cm.) high, handle down; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
HENRY ELLIOTT, LONDON. CIRCA 1690
CASE: cast scroll handle to gilt-brass repoussé basket top, glazed side panels, repoussé mounts to doors, bun feet DIAL: 7 in. wide brass dial with cherub mask spandrels to chapter ring, engraved date square and ringed winding holes to matted centre, later strike/silent above XII, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: with twin fusees, six latched and ringed pillars, replaced verge escapement, rack strike on bell, pull quarter repeat on three further bells, scored line border and scrolling foliate engraving to back plate signed 'Henry Elliott/LONDON/Fecit', restorations to under dial work; pendulum, winding key
14½ in. (37 cm.) high, handle down; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
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