WALNUT MARQUETRY MONTH-GOING LONGCASE CLOCK, JOSEPH WINDMILLS, LONDON
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
£8,000
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 2 May 2018 at 11:00 BST
Description
the stepped caddy top with pierced fret moulding above a silvered Roman number chapter ring signed 'J. Windmills' and matted brass dial with two winding holes, date aperture, and subsidiary seconds dial, flanked by spiral pilasters, above a moulded trunk door with an oval lenticle and plinth base, the case inlaid with figures, strapwork and foliate scrolls; the month-going movement striking a bell
Dimensions
223cm high, 41cm wide, 22cm deep
Footnote
Note: Joseph Windmills, a highly regarded maker, was made Free of The Clockmakers' Company in 1671 and became Master in 1702. His son, Thomas, was apprenticed to him in 1686 and made Free in 1695. Around 1700, Joseph and Thomas became partners in the business and although the majority of their clocks continued to be signed Joseph Windmills, a few were signed Windmills and a very small number were signed by Thomas. Both father and son were deeply involved with The Clockmakers' Company and Thomas became Master in 1718. Joseph died in 1724.