A WILLIAM III EBONIZED AND BRASS-MOUNTED TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL REPEAT
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A WILLIAM III EBONIZED AND BRASS-MOUNTED TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL REPEAT

ISAAC PAPAVOINE, LONDON. LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Fermé13 December 2012

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EUR 9,375

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A WILLIAM III EBONIZED AND BRASS-MOUNTED TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL REPEAT
ISAAC PAPAVOINE, LONDON. LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The case with dolphin scroll handle to basket repousse top, glazed side panels, applied repousse brass mounts to front and sides, stepped moulded plinth, the 7 inch (circa 17 cm.) square brass dial with cherub spandrels, silvered chapter ring with sword-hilt half hour markers, blued steel hands, ringed winding holes, date aperture below XII, five pillar movement, two fusees with later steel lines, movement secured to the case with catches, verge escapement (possibly reconverted), strike and repeat on bell above, engraved backplate with hold fast and signature plaque signed isaac Papavoine Londini fecit
39 cm. high (handle up)

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Isaac Papavoine became a Free Brother of the Clockmakers' Company in January 1687. A Frenchman by birth, Papavoine was thought to have worked at Dukes Court and was last recorded in the Company Books in 1705/6 when he was in arrears with his subscription.