A CHARLES II BRASS STRIKING LANTERN CLOCK WITH VERGE BALANCE AND ALARM
RICHARD AMES, HOLBORN, LONDON. CIRCA 1660
A CHARLES II BRASS STRIKING LANTERN CLOCK WITH VERGE BALANCE AND ALARM RICHARD AMES, HOLBORN, LONDON. CIRCA 1660 CASE: with pierced and engraved front and side gallery frets between vase turned finials, replaced side doors DIAL: with silvered alarm disc to the tulip engraved centre signed 'Richard Ames Neere St. Andrews/Church in Holborn fecit', engraved and silvered chapter ring, cut steel hand MOVEMENT with original (?) brass verge balance wheel, countwheel strike, re-instated alarm mounted to replaced steel back plate; two weights 15¾ in. (38.5 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
A CHARLES II BRASS STRIKING LANTERN CLOCK WITH VERGE BALANCE AND ALARM
RICHARD AMES, HOLBORN, LONDON. CIRCA 1660
A CHARLES II BRASS STRIKING LANTERN CLOCK WITH VERGE BALANCE AND ALARM RICHARD AMES, HOLBORN, LONDON. CIRCA 1660 CASE: with pierced and engraved front and side gallery frets between vase turned finials, replaced side doors DIAL: with silvered alarm disc to the tulip engraved centre signed 'Richard Ames Neere St. Andrews/Church in Holborn fecit', engraved and silvered chapter ring, cut steel hand MOVEMENT with original (?) brass verge balance wheel, countwheel strike, re-instated alarm mounted to replaced steel back plate; two weights 15¾ in. (38.5 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
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