Beschreibung:

AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT AND DIAL BY JACOB MASSEY, LONDON, CIRCA 1720, IN A 19TH CENTURY CASE the 19th century carved and ebonised case in the Jacobean style, the hood with three quarter, gilt brass mounted columns and blind fret carving, the door of the trunk carved with a battle scene featuring knights in armour, over a plinth base carved with vines, the early 18th century, 12 inch square brass dial with pierced gilt bearded mask spandrels, silvered Roman chapter ring and arabic five minute markers, signed 'Jacob Massy / Licaster Fealds / London, with gilt matted centre, silvered subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding squares and chamfered date aperture (date function now removed and covered), the movement with five knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement, previously striking on a bell, now striking on a coiled gong applied to the back of the case, with pendulum and two weights, 224cm high LITERATURE: Jacob Massy / Massey is first recorded in C.H. Baillie 'Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World' in 1689. He worked at at Cranbourn Street, London and Leicester Fields (later Leicester Square), and was free of the Clockmakers Company from 1715-25. Jacob Massey was descended from a family of renowned clock makers, his father was Nicholas Massey, also recorded at Cranbourn Street and free of the Clockmaker's in 1682, he came to London from Blois, France, where his father was also a clockmaker 'of repute'. Nicholas Massey died in 1698 and mentions his son Jacob in his will. AUCTION COMPARABLE: A fine late 17th century ebonised table clock by Jacob Massey was sold in these rooms on 27th March 2019 for £21,000.