Live Auction 20027Jasper Conran: The Collection Part I
A GEORGE I EBONISED STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
Lot 166

A GEORGE I EBONISED STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK

SAMUEL STEVENS, LONDON, WITH ASSOCIATED CASE

Closed14 September 2021

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GBP 6,875

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A GEORGE I EBONISED STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
SAMUEL STEVENS, LONDON, WITH ASSOCIATED CASE
The case with brackets below the hood and double plinth to the base raised on claw and ball feet, the 12 inch brass dial with calendar aperture to the matted centre, the silvered chapter ring signed 'Sam Stevens / London', subsidiary seconds ring, the eight-day movement with recoil anchor escapement, five finned pillars and internal countwheel
107 in. (271.7 cm.) high; 21in. (53.4 cm.) wide; 11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) deep

Specialist note

There are two makers of this name recorded working at this time, father and son. Samuel Snr. was apprenticed in 1672 to the well-known maker Edward Stanton, becoming free of the Clockmaker's Company in 1680 when he was known to be working in Grub Street, London. His son Samuel Jnr. was apprenticed in 1699 and was a member of the Clockmaker's Company from 1706 until 1718.