A WILLIAM III SILVER MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL STRIKING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH ALARM
Lot 355 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A NOBLEMAN

A WILLIAM III SILVER MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL STRIKING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH ALARM

THE MOVEMENT BY ROBERT WILLIAMSON, LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY, IN ASSOCIATED LATE 17TH CENTURY CASE

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A WILLIAM III SILVER MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL STRIKING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH ALARM
THE MOVEMENT BY ROBERT WILLIAMSON, LONDON, LATE 17TH CENTURY, IN ASSOCIATED LATE 17TH CENTURY CASE
CASE: with foliate cast handle to cushion moulded top and outset sphere finials to the moulded border, the pierced sound frets with cherub masks to front and part glazed sides, on repousse bun feet DIAL: the 7 inch square brass dial with winged cherub head spandrels to silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with alarm disc and date square, pierced blued steel hands MOVEMENT: the associated five pillar movement with twin line fusees, verge escapement, hour strike and pull wind alarm on main bell and pull quarter repeat on three further bells, the foliate engraved backplate signed 'Robt. Williamson London'; case key, winding key
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high, handle down; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) deep

Sir John Prestige Collection.
Sotheby's, London, The S.E. Prestige Collection, 29 April 1968, lot 57, to Garrards (£3,800).

Specialist note

Robert Williamson became Master of the Clockmakers Company in 1698. Brian Loomes The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain, Tiptree, 1981, records Williamson as apprenticed to John Harris through J.Lello from October 1658 and was free in August 1676. He signed his clocks and watches as working at 'St.Bartholomew Exchange' or 'St.Bartholomew's Lane'.