Beschreibung:

A William III brass lantern clock Joseph Norris, Abingdon, circa 1695-1700 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with verge escapement regulated by short pendulum swinging within the frame clock to the rear, the dial with single iron hand and assymetric stylised leafy tulip scroll engraved centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform sword hilt half hour markers and engraved Jos, Norris, Abingdon to lower edge, the standard third period frame with column turned corner posts beneath dolphin inhabited foliate engraved and pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the sides with plain brass side doors, the rear with iron hanging hoop and spurs fitted to the iron backplate, on turned ball feet, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high. Joseph Norris is recorded in Loomes, Brian, LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers as born in Abingdon around 1650 and apprenticed in London to his brother Edward Norris in 1661 (gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1670). By around 1675 he was in Amsterdam (probably working for the Fromanteels) where he was married in 1677. On his return to Abingdon in 1692 he set up business in Oak Street and was made Burgess in 1695. He was subsequently appointed Chamberlain of the Borough of Abingdon from 1698 until 1702. Joseph Norris outlived his wife by six years and is thought to have worked until his death in 1727. Condition report disclaimer