A William and Mary miniature ebonised grande sonnerie eight day table clock with pull repeat
JONATHAN PULLER, LONDON. CIRCA 1690
A William and Mary miniature ebonised grande sonnerie eight day table clock with pull repeat Jonathan Puller, London. Circa 1690 The case with small foliate handle to the cushion moulded top flanked by four gilt-metal foliate urn finials, the front door with pierced brass fret to the top rail, similar frets to the sides, the case now extended to rear and with later rear door and set on later base with turned feet, the 5in. square dial signed Jonathan Puller London below the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with three-prong half hour makers, finely sculpted blued steel hands (minute part lacking), matted centre with calendar square, later mock pendulum aperture and winged cherub spandrels, slots for twin levers (now lacking) above XII for strike/silent for the two strike trains, latches to the dial feet and to seven of the eight ring-turned pillars of the triple fusee movement with internal steel rack, (losses and adaptions to under dial work), split front plate and trip repeat via two inter-connecting steel levers secured to the backplate signed Jonathan Puller, Londini, Fecit within a foliate cartouche with further foliate engraving and wheatear border, striking and repeating on later rear mounted gongs 11 in. (28 cm.), handle down
A William and Mary miniature ebonised grande sonnerie eight day table clock with pull repeat
JONATHAN PULLER, LONDON. CIRCA 1690
A William and Mary miniature ebonised grande sonnerie eight day table clock with pull repeat Jonathan Puller, London. Circa 1690 The case with small foliate handle to the cushion moulded top flanked by four gilt-metal foliate urn finials, the front door with pierced brass fret to the top rail, similar frets to the sides, the case now extended to rear and with later rear door and set on later base with turned feet, the 5in. square dial signed Jonathan Puller London below the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with three-prong half hour makers, finely sculpted blued steel hands (minute part lacking), matted centre with calendar square, later mock pendulum aperture and winged cherub spandrels, slots for twin levers (now lacking) above XII for strike/silent for the two strike trains, latches to the dial feet and to seven of the eight ring-turned pillars of the triple fusee movement with internal steel rack, (losses and adaptions to under dial work), split front plate and trip repeat via two inter-connecting steel levers secured to the backplate signed Jonathan Puller, Londini, Fecit within a foliate cartouche with further foliate engraving and wheatear border, striking and repeating on later rear mounted gongs 11 in. (28 cm.), handle down
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