John Wise, Londini fecit, an ebony basket-top bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement with restored verge escapement having a profusely engraved backplate with tulip decoration and signed to the centre within a shaped cartouche, John Wise, Londini fecit, striking the hours on a bell, with the quarter-repeat work now removed, the seven inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, Arabic outer five minute numerals with further half-quarter markings and fleur-de-lis half-hour markings, the matted dial centre with engraved decoration to the date aperture and ringed winding holes, with cast-brass cherub-head spandrels to the four corners and decorative blued steel hands, the ebony case having a cast-brass pierced repousse basket top with a double-griffin carrying handle, cast brass pierced repousse frets to the sides, applied brass mounts to the front, four ball finials to the top corners and standing on brass bun feet, height 37cm (handle up) 34cm (handle down).* Biography John Wise was apprenticed in 1638 to T. Dawson and then turned over to the well-known lantern clock maker Peter Closon, becoming a Freeman of the Clockmakers Company in 1646. Having worked for a period in Warwick, he had returned to London by 1668 and by 1693 was living in Moorfields. Between the years of 1670 and 1685 he took six of his sons as apprentices along with four others. All his sons, bar the youngest, appearing to have continued in the business. John Wise was a known maker of lantern, longcase and spring clocks.* Notes See Horological Masterworks, an Exhibition of English Seventeenth-Century Clocks, published by the Antiquarian Horological Society, 2003.
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JOHN EBSWORTH AT YE “CROSS KEYS” IN LOTHBURY LONDINI FECIT A 17TH CENTURY BRASS LANTERN CLOCK with silvered Roman chapter ring and centre alarm setting dial enclosed by an engraved flowerhead spray, with a reversed dolphin pierced centre fret and strapped bell, with single steel hand and rope driven 30-hour striking movement with verge escapement 38cm high
A rare Charles II / William and Mary iron turret clock movement Probably attributed to Edward Hemins I, Biscester, circa 1680-90 The posted wrought-frame with elaborate spiral finials each resembling a Bishop s crozier and splayed feet constructed with rectangular horizontal top and bottom frames with lapped screwed-tenon joints to the principal uprights at the angles, and subsidiary horizontal and vertical members creating frames for each train retained by conforming decorative nuts to the lapped joints, the trains laid out end-to-end opposing each other pivoted within brass bushes, with longitudinal barrels and 6.5 inch space between for a centre-swinging pendulum, the strike train centre bar stamped with a distorted forger s mark, the three-wheel going train with four-spoke wheel crossings and brass escape wheel engaging with pallets set within a sub frame incorporating pendulum suspension and orb-outline finials, the barrel arbor with winding square opposing bevel gear and yoke to carry a pair of opposing dial take-off arbors, and lifting pin for the strike train set within the space between the trains, the strike train with countwheel cut with inernal teeth also occupying the space between the trains, twin arbor warning with hoop wheel and external large twin-vane fly with ratchet overrun set outside the frame over the barrel winding square, the frame also applied with remote hammer lever engaging with pins set into the rim of the greatwheel, (no pendulum and weights), the frame measuring 84cm (33ins) long by 69 (27ins) wide by 73cm (28.75ins) high. Details such as the design of the pallet sub assembly, distinctive form of the escape wheel crossings and screw collets securing the wheels onto their arbors can be compared to those on a turret clock by Edward Hemins II for Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, circa 1722 (see Beeson, C.F.C. English Church Clocks 1280-1850 page 84 figure 51). This would suggest that the current lot was probably made in the same workshop but during the previous generation. Edward Hemins I is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as the father of the well-known lantern clock maker of the same name. Loomes notes Edward senior as a bellfounder and turret clock maker; two turret clocks by him are known, the first recorded by Beeson at Islip Church, the second made for Charlton-on-Otmoor in 1680, which is now housed in the Combe Mill Museum, Oxfordshire. The stamped forger s mark (to the strike train centre bar) suggests that the iron bars used in the construction of the current lot were Swedish imports. Although distorted the mark appears to include a crown over a character suggesting that the foundry responsible for the iron was owned by a nobleman. Due to their use of charcoal in the production of wrought-iron (rather than coal) the Swedes produced the finest quality wrought-iron up until the Industrial Revolution, substantial quantities of which were imported into Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries (see Hildebrand, Karl-Gustaff SWEDISH IRON in the Seventeeth and Eighteenth Centurus, Export Industry before Industrialization page 18).
A small English patinated brass octagonal sundial Unsigned, possibly mid 17th century The 3.5 inch octagonal plate fitted with scroll decorated pierced angled gnomon set at 51 degrees and engraved with circles and radial lines to centre within narrow outer track with Roman numeral chapters IIII-XII-VIII divided into quarter-hours , the angles drilled for fixing. The octagonal shape, centre engraving and narrow chapter ring of the current lot is reminiscent to that of two related sundials by William Bowyer and Richard Hinton illustrated and discussed in White, George NOT A BAD TIMEKEEPER: THE ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCK IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (Antiquarian Horology Vol. 31 Sept. 2009 pages 624-8). As White suggests that these examples were made by clockmakers to be supplied alongside lantern clocks then it would perhaps be reasonable to suggest that the current lot was also possibly made by a provincial clockmaker for the same purpose.
A rare Swiss or South German Renaissance small iron chamber clock Unsigned, first half of the 17th century The two train weight-driven movement with verge escapement regulated by balance wheel contained within the frame, the strike train with countwheel released via single arbor warnless nag s head lifting against a star wheel mounted behind the dial incorporating a friction clutch to allow setting of the hand and with overlift provided by a shaped cam cut with a slot for locking, both trains pivoted between iron vertical bars which locate via tenons into slots cut into a horizontal strip at the base, the top secured with another strip terminating with angled end forged with pierced tenon at the front and integral lug at the rear passing through slots in the uprights and secured by wedges, the polychrome painted iron box-form case with a single lugged bell supported within domed bearer, the front with black ground starburst painted centre and cut steel arrow-shaped hand reading against a cream painted chapter ring with Gothic Roman numerals within architectural panel painted with stylised pilasters flanking a blue shield incorporating trident and circle motif within a red field above the dial, the top with integral scroll pierced fret and the sides with hinged doors secured by sprung clasps, the rear with forged hanging hoop and spurs, (escapement restored), 28cm (11ins) high. Provenance: The estate of Michael Hurst. The general construction and layout of the current lot can be directly compared to a spring-driven example illustrated in Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES (English version translated by H. Alan Lloyd) on page 203 which is described as probably made in Zurich about 1630-40. The basic construction of the movement frame (formed essentially as a vertical rectangular loop around the movement) has its roots in the earliest form of domestic striking clock and can be directly compared with a clock dating to around 1500 illustrated in Muhle, Richard and Vogel, Horand M. Alte Uhren (Verlag Georg D.W. Callway, Munchen 1976) on page 152 (figure 256). Other related weight-driven clocks are illustrated by Bassermann-Jordan on page 106 (Fig. 80) and in Edwardes, Ernest L. Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Plates 31 and 32. The provision of a star wheel behind the hour wheel for strike lifting (rather than via a pin applied to the going train greatwheel) and a friction clutch for setting the hand (without the need to release the escapement and run the going train through) would suggest a date after 1600 (similar details had only really become standardised on English Lantern clocks from around 1610).
A Charles II brass lantern clock Unsigned, London, circa 1670 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with later anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum swinging behind the frame at the rear, the dial with engraved ring of stylised leafy tulip sprays issuing from a three-petal flowerhead positioned just above six o'clock and iron hand within applied narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised wheatear half hour markers and engraved leafy infill to angles, the standard London third period frame with column turned corner posts beneath dolphin inhabited foliate pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the sides with hinged brass doors and the rear with original iron backplate (no pendulum), 32.5cm (12.75ins) high excluding later top finial. Provenance: By repute an important private estate, Cardiganshire. The current lot is a textbook example of London third period practice using frame castings developed probably just prior to 1660 (see White, George English Lantern Clocks page 180 figures IV/37 - IV/39 and lot 153). By this time the design of the dial engraving had also become relatively standardised hence the tulip decoration on the current lot can be compared (along with the iron hand) with that seen on a clock by Benjamin Hill which was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 15th September 2015 (lot 155), as well as numerous other examples by the likes of Nicholas Coxeter, Richard Ames and Thomas Wheeler made during the 1660's-70's.
A rare Charles II brass lantern clock Edward Webb, Chew Stoke, dated November 7th, circa 1680 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement now with anchor escapement for regulation by short lenticular bob pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear, the dial with central alarm disc within stylised symmetrical foliate engraved infill incorporating a winged female mask at twelve o'clock and with pierced black painted brass hand within applied narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys hour markers and engraved with date nove -7 to the dial plate behind the V numeral, the upper angles engraved with signature Edward Webb, the typical 'Chew Valley' frame with one-piece column turned corner posts beneath lion and unicorn armorial engraved and pierced frets, integral multi-knopped tall vase-and-cover turned finials and domed bell bearer cast with pierced leaf decoration between the limbs, with brass side doors and iron backplate between hanging hoop above spurs to rear, on tall disc-knopped ball feet, (mostly retrained using original pivot plates/bars, alarm lacking), 40cm (15.75ins) high. Edward Webb is recorded in Moore, A. J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF SOMERSET 1650-1900 as married to Anne with sons Walter (1667), James (1670), Richard (1674), George (1678) and William (?). He was probably the son of Charles Webb who owned a foundry in Chew Stoke. Both Edward and his wife Anne died in 1694. Nine lantern clocks by Edward Webb dated 1676, 1678, 1681, 1684, 1688, 1691, 1692, 1692 and 1693 are recorded with the 1684 and 1688 clocks fully described an illustrated in White, George English Lantern Clocks on pages 232 (Figures V/39 and 40), 233 (V/42 detailing date March 10 engraved beneath the chapter ring of the 1684 clock) and 237 (V/51 and 52). In addition to these Moore notes a further undated lantern clock signed Edward Webb of Chewstoke fecit , and a posted musical longcase clock movement and dial (also illustrated by White on page 233, Figure V/43). From these references it would appear that the present clock is currently an unrecorded example of Webb s work. The current lot utilises frame castings that were favoured by the Bristol and Chew Valley school of clockmakers with the earliest surviving being the Edward Webb 1676 example (private collection). All the other recorded lantern clocks by Webb (dates ranging from 1678-93) all share the same frame castings. These castings were also used by John London of Bristol, Thomas Veale of Chew Magna and latterly by Edward Bilbie of Chew Stoke (who is believed to have succeeded Edward Webb in around 1695). Bilbie appears to have persisted with the use of such castings long after Bristol makers had moved onto patterns more closely related to London work of the period, suggesting that such frames were probably cast locally (in the Chew Valley) - perhaps initially by Edward Webb at his foundry in Chew Stoke then by the Bilbie family after Webb's death in 1694. Another noteworthy detail is the distinctive dial engraving which is executed with scrolling foliage issuing from a central point at the base of the dial centre, continuing symmetrically around the alarm disc and terminating with a central winged female mask motif at the top. The design of this decoration is typical of Webb and appears to have its roots in the work of Thomas Brown of Bristol who was most active during the 1650's (see White, George English Lantern Clocks page 232) and can can be directly compared to a clock by John Clarke of Bristol which was sold in these rooms on 15th September 2015 (lot 185) for £9,500 hammer.
A Victorian gilt brass quarter striking lantern clock The dial bearing spurious signature for Joseph Windmill, London, circa 1880 The rectangular four pillar twin chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by short lenticular bob pendulum and two-in-one ting tang quarter strike sounding on a graduated pair of bells mounted above, the dial with foliate scroll engraved centre inscribed Joseph Windmill, St. Martins Le Grand to upper section within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, the case with column turned pillars, dolphin and foliate scroll pierced frets, vase finials and ball feet, the sides and rear with brass doors and surmounted with domed bell within bearer applied with conforming vase finial, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high.
An unusual iron-framed lantern clock Unsigned, first half of the 17th century and later The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with separately wound trains, iron pivot bars and verge escapement regulated by horizontal balance wheel oscillating above the top plate, with an iron dial now applied with a narrow brass Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised wheatear hour markers and generous sculpted brass hand, the frame with square section corner posts and diagonal bracing bars to the sides beneath scroll pierced iron frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer above, the sides with iron doors suspended from pin hinges applied to the edges of the conforming fixed backplate with hanging hoop and spurs, on turned ball feet, (escapement reinstated, with restorations and replacements mainly to exterior), 38cm (15ins) high. Provenance: From the estate of Michael Hurst. The movement of the current lot with balance wheel regulation, separately would trains, iron hoop and countwheel would technologically date to the first half of the 17th century. The predominant use of iron in the clocks construction would suggest that it was made in a region where brass was in fairly short supply, this possibility is supported by relatively poor quality of the castings used for the original brass wheels of which most survive in the movement. A related movement is illustrated in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers on page 347-48 (Figs 20.21-23) whilst a later example by Richard Breckell of Holmes, Lancashire is illustrated on page 309 Figs 17.54-55. Other related hybrid lantern clocks dating to the end of the 17th century by makers such as Walter Archer of Stow and Thomas Watts of Stamford are also recorded by Loomes. As it seems that all of these other iron-framed lantern clocks are fitted with brass dials it is most likely that the iron dial on the current lot is a replacement.
A Victorian lacquered brass miniature lantern clock with passing strike Unsigned, circa 1880 The rectangular four pillar single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by short lenticular bob pendulum and passing strike sounding on the bell mounted above, the dial with foliate scroll engraved centre within applied 4 inch Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised trident half hour markers, the case with column turned pillars, foliate scroll pierced frets, vase finials and ball feet, the sides and rear with brass doors and surmounted with domed bell within bearer applied with conforming vase finial, 24cm (9.5ins) high; secured to a caddy moulded wooden plinth 26.5cm (10.5ins) high overall.
A Charles II brass lantern clock Unsigned, London, circa 1670 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with separately wound trains and later verge escapement with short bob pendulum swing behind the frame at the rear, the dial with a central rose decorated alarm disc enveloped by stylised leafy tulip sprays issuing from a three-petal flowerhead positioned just above six o'clock, with iron hand within applied narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised wheatear half hour markers and engraved leafy infill to angles, the standard London third period frame with column turned corner posts beneath dolphin inhabited foliate pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the sides with hinged brass doors and the rear with a brass backplate (no weights), 38cm (15ins) high. The current lot is a textbook example of London third period practice using frame castings developed probably just prior to 1660 (see White, George English Lantern Clocks page 180 figures IV/37 - IV/39 and lot 153). By this time the design of the dial engraving had also become relatively standardised hence the tulip decoration on the current lot can be closely compared with that seen on a clock by Benjamin Hill which was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 15th September 2015 (lot 155), as well as numerous other examples by the likes of Nicholas Coxeter, Richard Ames and Thomas Wheeler made during the 1660's-70's.
A quantity of English longcase and lantern clock table clock parts Anonymous, early 18th century and later Including a semi-complete eight-day movement and dial, unsigned, early 18th century, with four (formerly five) finned pillars and 12 inch square brass dial with crown engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring, Indian mask spandrels to angles and herringbone engraved outer border (lacking pallets, hands, bell and other components); three various longcase clock movements; Assorted chapter rings, calendar rings and an eleven inch thirty-hour longcase clock dial signed W M RIGSBY, CHUMLEIGH; assorted wheelwork, spandrels, barrels, pulleys, finials, pendulums, weights case keys etc., (qty). Provenance: The estate of Michael Hurst.
A rare William and Mary oak thirty-hour longcase clock The dial with engraved initials J.W., probably Bristol / West Country, circa 1690 The posted single handed movement lacking all wheelwork and strike detents except for the hour wheel, laid out for anchor escapement regulated by long pendulum and countwheel bell strike, the frame with rectangular section corner uprights and distinctive figure-of-eight shaped lugs presumably to carry the bellstand (now lacking) to the top plate, the 10 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture to the richly engraved centre decorated with central vase issuing entwined scrolling foliage and tulip blooms incorporating engraved initials JW within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with tiered fleur-de-lys half hour markers and quarter hour to inner track, with generous scroll pierced sculpted steel hand and winged cherub and filiate scroll cast mounts to angles, the oak case with complex double ogee cornice over solomonic three quarter columns flanking the dial aperture applied with half round moulded surround, the sides with conforming quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex throat moulding over 40 inch rectangular door centred with an oval lenticle, on ogee moulded plinth base with moulded skirt, (movement wheelwork lacking), 210cm (82.5ins) high. The symmetrical foliate engraving issuing from a vase set towards the lower margin of the dial centre is reminiscent of that seen on longcase clock dials by makers such as John London of Bristol and Lawrence Debnam of Froome as well as lantern clock dials by George Newton of Seend (see Darken, Jeff (editor) TIME & PLACE, English Country Clocks 1600-1840 pages 30-39 and 42-5). The unusual pair of figure-of-eight lugs applied to the top plate suggest that the movement was fitted a twin-footed bell stand - a system favoured by John London. Furthermore the proportions of the case with complex cornice and solomonic columns to hood over relatively slender trunk and plinth can also perhaps be described reminiscent of that housing the thirty-hour longcase clock movement and dial by John London illustrated on page 34 of TIME & PLACE. From these observations it would be reasonable to suggest that the current lot was probably made in the West Country near or in Bristol. Despite the movement lacking almost all of its wheelwork the current lot presents as an interesting and rare example certainly worthy of restoration.
ELECTRIC HOROLOGY. A 17TH C STYLE BRASS LANTERN TIMEPIECE BY THE EUREKA CLOCK CO, EARLY 20TH C with doors to both sides and the back, the fenestrated dial with engraved ring, S/F regulation and inscribed Eureka Clock Co Ltd London Pat Number 14614-1906, 41cm h ++Good quality, apparently complete and in sound condition, the case with somewhat discoloured lacquer, consigned by executors of a local deceased's estate
A Victorian rosewood twin-fusee Mantel Clock, with 8-day four pillar movement striking on a bell, the square brass dial with black Roman numerals and corner spandrels, in a lantern-topped case flanked by pillars and spheres, with pendulum and winding key, not in working order, 22in (56cm) high x 15in (38cm) wide.
A 19thC ebonised Bracket Clock, dial signed Thomas Kirk, 7 Whitefriargate, Hull, the 8in break arched gilt dial with silvered chapter, Roman hours and Arabic minutes, matted centre and 'Chime-Silent' and 'Cambridge Chimes-Chime on Eight Bells' subsidiary dials in arch, applied floral and scroll spandrels; the triple chain driven fusee 8-day movement with a carillon of eight bells calling the hours on a coiled gong, adjustable pendulum, the break arch case with lantern and flaming urn finials above ormolu Corinthian columns and two carry handles, on a stepped plinth raised on ogee bracket feet, with pendulum, winder and case key, 24in (61cm) high x 16½in (42cm) wide.
A 19th century brass lantern clock, with twin fusee movement, the dial marked "E. Baker, London". Height 40 cm, dial diameter 18 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The clock case is extremely dirty but does not appear to have any losses. Both doors operate as they should. The brass ball feet are original. The movement winds on both trains. It strikes when advanced. It is currently ticking but only for 30 seconds or so at a time. The movement is somewhat dirty.
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French Late 19th Century 8 Day Brass Timepiece. In the style of a late 17th century traditional English lantern clock, circa 1890 - 1900. Striking on a bell. Strapped bell over 4 finials and doric columns with ball feet. Roman chapter ring and engraved centre. High quality spring driven movement, 9.5 inches high.
A 17th Century style brass lantern clock by Thomas Mudge, early 20th Century and a second similar clockThe clock of typical form with a brass domed cover over openwork panels and a brass dial centred with chased decoration and the makers name, raised upon an ebonised hardwood plinth along with a second similar clock, 21cm high.
A brass lantern clock signed John Matchett of London, circa 18th century, the 5 inch silvered dial with Roman numerals and alarm dial to the centre raised on a foliate engraved back plate, the movement with verge escapement striking on a bell with two lead weights, replacement metal chain which is not attached, pendulum and wooden wall bracket, 20cm high overall CONDITION REPORT: Lot 283 - replacement chain not affixed, clock not tested for working, see description for accessories with clock, we cannot guarantee clocks are in working order, pendulum affixed but rod slightly bent, two cracks to arched strapwork, bash to top left of back plate, age staining to dial and back plate, escapement rotates when pendulum is swung, engraving clear to dial.
A 19th Century Vincent & Cie gilt shelf clock with plinth, the 7.5cm cream arabic numeral chapter ring with outer minutes ring named Hohrer Paris, in a gilt metal case with free standing pillars to each corner with finials, stepped base on four circular feet, decorative lantern style pediment, twin train movement striking on a gong, the front plate engraved with a personal presentation inscription from Maristow dated Dec. 1893. width of clock 18cm, height 32cm.

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