18th Jul, 2020 9:30 GMT/BST

Country House & Fine Sale including Jewellery, Watches & Silver (Day Two)

 
Lot 458
 

458

A 17th Century Brass Striking Lantern Clock with Very Unusual Early Conversions to a Side...

A 17th Century Brass Striking Lantern Clock with Very Unusual Early Conversions to a Side Fitted Pendulum and Half Hour Passing Strike, unsigned, circa 1660, four posted frame case, pierced dolphin frets, turned finials, 6-1/4-inch silvered Roman chapter ring, dial centre finely engraved with floral decoration, central alarm disc (alarm work now missing), single hand, two train thirty hour weight driven movement with outside countwheel striking on a top mounted bell and a early conversion second hammer passing strike on the half hour, hook and spikes, side pendulum bob, 37cm high see illustration

From the Brian Loomes Private Clock Collection

The manner of the conversion, as well as the addition of a second hammer to strike half hours (very much a feature of French clocks), strongly suggests the clock was converted to pendulum in France. Conversions from balance wheel to verge pendulum were usually done in the third quarter of the seventeenth century and are very uncommon and are highly sought after today.

Sold for £4,800
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,000


 

17.06.20 Side doors are missing, back panel is later, later spikes, bottom plate with a vacant square hole possibly for a hammer spring location hole, alarm work is now missing, early conversion from balance wheel regulator to a verge side pendulum and a later addition of a second hammer for half hour passing strike, in going order, with two weights.

 


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Auction: Country House & Fine Sale including Jewellery, Watches & Silver (Day Two), 18th Jul, 2020

Country House & Fine Sale including Jewellery, Watches & Silver (Day Two)

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