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A fine William III quarter repeating ebony table clock with alarm Richard Colston, London, late 17th century The fully-latched seven finned pillar rack and bell striking movement with verge escapement and pull quarter repeat on three bells powered from the strike train, the foliate engraved backplate signed Rich: Colston, LONDON within a herringbone bordered oval reserve, the 7 inch square brass dial with alarm disc to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, stylised sword-hilt half hour markers and with repeat signature to lower edge, the angles with unusual foliate scroll pierced gilt brass spandrels, the dial plate with S/N levers for silencing the strike and alarm above twelve o`clock, the case with scroll cast handle, applied gilt foliate mounts to caddy and vase finials above pierced frets to upper rail of door and above the rectangular side windows, on moulded base with turned brass feet, 36cm (14ins high) excluding handle. CATALOGUE ENTRY TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE OR AVAILABLE FROM THE SALEROOM ON REQUEST. Richard Colston was made Free of the Clockmakers Company by patrimony in 1682, he ceased to pay quarterage in 1702 and was believed to have died soon after this date. The current lot belongs to a rare group of table clocks which employ an unusual form of quarter repeat mechanism powered directly from the strike train (rather from a separate spring wound by pulling the repeat cord) which are discussed in Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks Pages 392-98, a very similar table clock by Colston is illustrated in Plates 564 (dial detail) and 663. The advantage of this layout is that it has freed-up enough space between the plates to allow for the provision of an alarm mechanism.
A large Cantonese vase profusely enamelled with flowers, leaves and figures - 13 1/2 inches high, an oriental grey ground vase enamelled with Storks in flight - 14 inches high and a large Japanese Satsuma yellow ground vase decorated with flowers and butterfly - 15 1/2 inches high (some damage and restoration)
A Chinese carved quartz vase decorated with birds amongst branches (damages) 23.5cm high, boulder carving with a dragon and fish (damages) 10cm high, a large inside painted perfume bottle (cracked) 16cm high, ginger jar, an alabaster of Buddha and a painted plaster model of a Tang horse rearing up on a rectangular base, 39cm high (6)
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