AHASUERUS FROMANTEEL LONDON: A CHARLES II EBONY VENEERED AND EBONISED GILT BRONZE MOUNTED VERY EARLY LONGCASE CLOCK circa 1665-70 The convex moulded ebonised narrow trunk with plinth on bun feet, gilt bronze eagle head escutcheon to rectangular trunk door with three raised panels and hung directly onto the sides of the case, the shaped panel of strapwork carving below the architectural ebony veneered rising hood with spoon and clip, ormolu cartouche applied to the tympanum of the pediment, well cast ribbon tied foliate and acanthus mount above the dial flanked by Corinthian capped applied columns above inverted acorn finials, the latched 8¼in. square dial signed A. Fromanteel Londini fecit below the slender silvered chapter ring with lozenge half-hour divisions, the finely matted centre with calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, winged cherub spandrels, latches to the six ringed pillar movement with scooped-shaped plates and raised on blocks, the bottom pillars secured with screwed hooks, short bob pendulum, verge escapement (possibly reconverted), high positioned outside countwheel strike with vertically pivotted hammer, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power; to be sold with a copy of The British Clockmakers' Heritage Exhibition catalogue and an Exhibitors' bound volume of The first twelve years of the English pendulum clock 6ft¾in. (185cm.) high (3)
AHASUERUS FROMANTEEL LONDON: A CHARLES II EBONY VENEERED AND EBONISED GILT BRONZE MOUNTED VERY EARLY LONGCASE CLOCK circa 1665-70 The convex moulded ebonised narrow trunk with plinth on bun feet, gilt bronze eagle head escutcheon to rectangular trunk door with three raised panels and hung directly onto the sides of the case, the shaped panel of strapwork carving below the architectural ebony veneered rising hood with spoon and clip, ormolu cartouche applied to the tympanum of the pediment, well cast ribbon tied foliate and acanthus mount above the dial flanked by Corinthian capped applied columns above inverted acorn finials, the latched 8¼in. square dial signed A. Fromanteel Londini fecit below the slender silvered chapter ring with lozenge half-hour divisions, the finely matted centre with calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, winged cherub spandrels, latches to the six ringed pillar movement with scooped-shaped plates and raised on blocks, the bottom pillars secured with screwed hooks, short bob pendulum, verge escapement (possibly reconverted), high positioned outside countwheel strike with vertically pivotted hammer, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power; to be sold with a copy of The British Clockmakers' Heritage Exhibition catalogue and an Exhibitors' bound volume of The first twelve years of the English pendulum clock 6ft¾in. (185cm.) high (3)
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