Lot Essay
Charles Lownd(e)s was apprenticed to Thomas Player, 18 July 1674. Made free of the Clockmakers Company 1682.
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BY CHARLES LOWNDS, PALL MALL, LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A WILLIAM AND MARY GILT-METAL-MOUNTED EBONY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
BY CHARLES LOWNDS, PALL MALL, LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY
CASE: the case with gilt-metal repoussé basket top, DIAL: the 6 ¾ inch square dial with silvered chapter ring and blued steel hands, strike/silent lever at 'XII', the matted centre with ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, MOVEMENT: the five ringed pillar movement with twin fusees and verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on three bells and hour strike on a further bell, the florally engraved backplate signed Charles Lownds Pall Mall within a wheat ear-engraved cartouche
13 ½ in. (34 cm.) high; 10 in. (25 cm.) wide; 6 ½ in. (17 cm.) deep
BY CHARLES LOWNDS, PALL MALL, LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY
CASE: the case with gilt-metal repoussé basket top, DIAL: the 6 ¾ inch square dial with silvered chapter ring and blued steel hands, strike/silent lever at 'XII', the matted centre with ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, MOVEMENT: the five ringed pillar movement with twin fusees and verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on three bells and hour strike on a further bell, the florally engraved backplate signed Charles Lownds Pall Mall within a wheat ear-engraved cartouche
13 ½ in. (34 cm.) high; 10 in. (25 cm.) wide; 6 ½ in. (17 cm.) deep
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