A rare William III eight-day longcase clock movement and dial William Kenyon, Liverpool, circa 1700 The substantial four (formerly five) finned pillar rack and bell striking movement with thickly turned pillars and escapement set relatively low within the plates, the 12 inch square brass dial with fine foliate border engraved decoration to the ringed winding holes and inset subsidiary seconds ring above open scroll decorated calendar aperture to the Ho-Ho bird inhabited centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed W'm Kenyon, Leverpoole to lower edge, the angles applied with female head and foliate scroll cast spandrels within a herringbone engraved outer border, now in a late 18th century oak case with cavetto cornice and pierced frieze above slender turned columns to hood and ogee throat moulding over star centred narrow caddy moulded and parquetry banded door flanked by rounded angles to trunk, on crossbanded plinth base with skirt incorporating bracket feet, 200cm (78.5ins) high. William Kenyon is recorded in Loomes, Brian LANCASHIRE CLOCKS and CLOCKMAKERS as believed born in 1667, Loomes further notes that various children, fathered by a William Kenyon, were born between the dates 1708-20. A James Kenyon is also recorded as working at Redcross Street in 1715 then Newmarket in 1725 and was declared insolvent in 1743. An ebonised thirty-hour longcase clock by Kenyon that could be stylistically dated to the 1690's was sold in these rooms on 4th September 2012 (lot 216) for £5,500 hammer. The centre of the dial of the current lot is particularly noteworthy for the quality of its decoration and appears to retain traces of gilding to the crevices. The subsidiary seconds ring is fitted as a separate item but in a ring-shaped recess so that it sits flush to the plate - presumably to allow it to be removed for silvering. The movement has survived in relatively fine original condition and is of particularly heavy construction with massive pillars. The use of rack striking also further demonstrates the confident and high-quality approach of the maker. Condition report disclaimer
A rare William III eight-day longcase clock movement and dial William Kenyon, Liverpool, circa 1700 The substantial four (formerly five) finned pillar rack and bell striking movement with thickly turned pillars and escapement set relatively low within the plates, the 12 inch square brass dial with fine foliate border engraved decoration to the ringed winding holes and inset subsidiary seconds ring above open scroll decorated calendar aperture to the Ho-Ho bird inhabited centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed W'm Kenyon, Leverpoole to lower edge, the angles applied with female head and foliate scroll cast spandrels within a herringbone engraved outer border, now in a late 18th century oak case with cavetto cornice and pierced frieze above slender turned columns to hood and ogee throat moulding over star centred narrow caddy moulded and parquetry banded door flanked by rounded angles to trunk, on crossbanded plinth base with skirt incorporating bracket feet, 200cm (78.5ins) high. William Kenyon is recorded in Loomes, Brian LANCASHIRE CLOCKS and CLOCKMAKERS as believed born in 1667, Loomes further notes that various children, fathered by a William Kenyon, were born between the dates 1708-20. A James Kenyon is also recorded as working at Redcross Street in 1715 then Newmarket in 1725 and was declared insolvent in 1743. An ebonised thirty-hour longcase clock by Kenyon that could be stylistically dated to the 1690's was sold in these rooms on 4th September 2012 (lot 216) for £5,500 hammer. The centre of the dial of the current lot is particularly noteworthy for the quality of its decoration and appears to retain traces of gilding to the crevices. The subsidiary seconds ring is fitted as a separate item but in a ring-shaped recess so that it sits flush to the plate - presumably to allow it to be removed for silvering. The movement has survived in relatively fine original condition and is of particularly heavy construction with massive pillars. The use of rack striking also further demonstrates the confident and high-quality approach of the maker. Condition report disclaimer
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