A LATE 17TH CENTURY WILLIAM III EBONISED LONGCASE CLOCK SIGNED JOSEPH GILBURT, LONDON the flat topped hood with blind fret frieze over three quarter barley twist columns with gilt capitals, with glazed side apertures, convex throat moulding, moulded door with oval lenticle, on a plinth base with squat bun feet, the square brass dial with gilt putto mask and scrolling spandrels, the lower part signed 'Joseph Gilburt London', the silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, the gilt matted centre with engraved and chamfered date aperture and silvered subsidiary seconds, the eight day, weight driven movement united by five knopped and finned pillars, with anchor escapement, pendulum and two weights, with winder and case key, 200cm high PLEASE NOTE: This lot will be on display at our South Kensington branch from 29th May until it goes on view at Chiswick from 7th June. Provenance: From a private collection. Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed. Notes: Baillie listed Joseph Gilbert as apprenticed in 1682.
A LATE 17TH CENTURY WILLIAM III EBONISED LONGCASE CLOCK SIGNED JOSEPH GILBURT, LONDON the flat topped hood with blind fret frieze over three quarter barley twist columns with gilt capitals, with glazed side apertures, convex throat moulding, moulded door with oval lenticle, on a plinth base with squat bun feet, the square brass dial with gilt putto mask and scrolling spandrels, the lower part signed 'Joseph Gilburt London', the silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, the gilt matted centre with engraved and chamfered date aperture and silvered subsidiary seconds, the eight day, weight driven movement united by five knopped and finned pillars, with anchor escapement, pendulum and two weights, with winder and case key, 200cm high PLEASE NOTE: This lot will be on display at our South Kensington branch from 29th May until it goes on view at Chiswick from 7th June. Provenance: From a private collection. Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed. Notes: Baillie listed Joseph Gilbert as apprenticed in 1682.
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