A QUEEN ANNE BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED EIGHT DAY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
JAMES MARKWICK, LONDON. CIRCA 1705
A QUEEN ANNE BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED EIGHT DAY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK JAMES MARKWICK LONDON. CIRCA 1705 CASE: now with ebonised moulding and replaced handle above pierced basket top, later finials, with brass mounts to all front door rails, glazed side panels, on later feet DIAL: 7 in. square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels to chapter ring with quarter and half quarter hour markers, signed 'Markwick London', matted centre with engraving around the mock pendulum and date apertures, ringed winding holes, steel hands (replaced minute), strike/not strike (lacking) above XII MOVEMENT: five ringed pillars, secured to the case with turn catches behind the dial and with a bolt (lacking) through the lower pillar, twin fusees with verge escapement, hour strike on bell, now lacking pull quarter repeat, the back plate elaborately engraved with birds and foliage around an angel; winding key 16¼ in. (41 cm.) high, handle down; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep
A QUEEN ANNE BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED EIGHT DAY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
JAMES MARKWICK, LONDON. CIRCA 1705
A QUEEN ANNE BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED EIGHT DAY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK JAMES MARKWICK LONDON. CIRCA 1705 CASE: now with ebonised moulding and replaced handle above pierced basket top, later finials, with brass mounts to all front door rails, glazed side panels, on later feet DIAL: 7 in. square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels to chapter ring with quarter and half quarter hour markers, signed 'Markwick London', matted centre with engraving around the mock pendulum and date apertures, ringed winding holes, steel hands (replaced minute), strike/not strike (lacking) above XII MOVEMENT: five ringed pillars, secured to the case with turn catches behind the dial and with a bolt (lacking) through the lower pillar, twin fusees with verge escapement, hour strike on bell, now lacking pull quarter repeat, the back plate elaborately engraved with birds and foliage around an angel; winding key 16¼ in. (41 cm.) high, handle down; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep
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