A WILLIAM III SILVER MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL STRIKING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH ALARM

Robert Williamson became Master of the Clockmakers Company in 1698. Brian Loomes The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain, Tiptree, 1981, records Williamson as apprenticed to John Harris through J.Lello from October 1658 and was free in August 1676. He signed his clocks and watches as working at 'St.Bartholomew Exchange' or 'St.Bartholomew's Lane'.

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A NOBLEMAN