JOHN MARTIN, LONDINI FECIT. CIRCA 1700
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a william and mary ebonised and brass-mounted quarter-repeating bracket clock for the turkish market
john martin, londini fecit. circa 1700
The case with foliate handle to basket top cast with flowers and scrolling foliage, flanked by later finials, glazed sides, later escutcheons to front door, later rear door, on brass bun feet, the 7in. (17.5cm.) square brass dial with silvered Turkish chapter ring, the matted centre with ringed winding holes, decorated calendar aperture, the false pendulum aperture signed on its silvered backplate John Martin London, later blued steel hands, later spandrels, strike/silent lever above 12, the twin gut fusee movement with five ringed pillars, re-built knife-edge verge escapement with later Webster style back-cock, pull quarter repeat on six bells via six hammers with strike on further bell, the backplate engraved with flowers and scrolling foliage within a leafy border, the central cartouche signed John Martin Londini fecit
15½in. (39.5cm.) high
john martin, londini fecit. circa 1700
The case with foliate handle to basket top cast with flowers and scrolling foliage, flanked by later finials, glazed sides, later escutcheons to front door, later rear door, on brass bun feet, the 7in. (17.5cm.) square brass dial with silvered Turkish chapter ring, the matted centre with ringed winding holes, decorated calendar aperture, the false pendulum aperture signed on its silvered backplate John Martin London, later blued steel hands, later spandrels, strike/silent lever above 12, the twin gut fusee movement with five ringed pillars, re-built knife-edge verge escapement with later Webster style back-cock, pull quarter repeat on six bells via six hammers with strike on further bell, the backplate engraved with flowers and scrolling foliage within a leafy border, the central cartouche signed John Martin Londini fecit
15½in. (39.5cm.) high