Lot 99
WILLIAM & MARY EBONY BASKET TOP BRACKET CLOCK BY SAMUEL WATSON, LONDON
DATED 1687
Auction: 5 March 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and marked at the five minute intervals with Arabic numbers, the spandrels with gilt winged putto masks, in an ebony case with a pierced basket top and loop handle, the glazed side panels with pierced gilt bronze sound openings above, the movement with a silent pull cord quarter repeat and two bell strike on the hours and quarters, verge escapement, the backplate engraved with foliate scrolls and a central cartouche signed 'Samuel Watson', the bottom of one plate with the initials 'S.V.' and dated 1687
Dimensions
24cm wide, 30cm high (handle down), 17cm deep
Footnote
Provenance:
Property from a private Scottish collection of clocks
Purchased Frank G Sherrard, London, 1958
Note: Samuel Watson listed working in Coventry and London and registered with the Clockmaker's Company 1687-1710.