A CHARLES II WALNUT, OYSTER VENEERED AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
A CHARLES II WALNUT, OYSTER VENEERED AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
BY THOMAS HARRIS, LONDON, C.1680-85
the brass eight day movement with five finned pillars and an anchor escapement, with an outside countwheel and striking the quarters, half-hours and hours on three bells, the 10 inch dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and fleur-de-lys markers, the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with winged cherub mask spandrels, signed 'Tho Harris in ye Strand Fecit', the hood with a scroll, flowerhead and swag surmount centred with a shell, with ebonised Solomonic columns, the case with a trunk door inlaid with pewter stringing and fruitwoods and stained and natural bone with an urn of flowers and a bird, with further flowers and a lenticle, the plinth with a parquetry star, with pendulum and two brass cased weights
204.3cm high
Catalogue Note
Thomas Harris was a London clockmaker of the Restoration/William and Mary period, working during the important transition from lantern clocks to the sophisticated longcase and spring-driven clocks of the late 17th century. His name is particularly associated with St Dunstan-in-the-West on Fleet Street, where he made the famous public clock installed in 1671. It was installed on the medieval church of St Dunstan-in-the-West and was designed to be visible to people in Fleet Street. Importantly, it had a minute hand. It is commonly described as one of London's earliest — and possibly the first — public clocks with a minute hand. The clock was double-sided and incorporated two striking figures, traditionally known as Gog and Magog, which strike the bells. The original medieval church was subsequently demolished and replaced by the present building. The clock was removed and later installed at a house in Regent's Park before being returned to St Dunstan's in 1935, where it remains.
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A CHARLES II WALNUT, OYSTER VENEERED AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
BY THOMAS HARRIS, LONDON, C.1680-85
the brass eight day movement with five finned pillars and an anchor escapement, with an outside countwheel and striking the quarters, half-hours and hours on three bells, the 10 inch dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and fleur-de-lys markers, the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with winged cherub mask spandrels, signed 'Tho Harris in ye Strand Fecit', the hood with a scroll, flowerhead and swag surmount centred with a shell, with ebonised Solomonic columns, the case with a trunk door inlaid with pewter stringing and fruitwoods and stained and natural bone with an urn of flowers and a bird, with further flowers and a lenticle, the plinth with a parquetry star, with pendulum and two brass cased weights
204.3cm high
Catalogue Note
Thomas Harris was a London clockmaker of the Restoration/William and Mary period, working during the important transition from lantern clocks to the sophisticated longcase and spring-driven clocks of the late 17th century. His name is particularly associated with St Dunstan-in-the-West on Fleet Street, where he made the famous public clock installed in 1671. It was installed on the medieval church of St Dunstan-in-the-West and was designed to be visible to people in Fleet Street. Importantly, it had a minute hand. It is commonly described as one of London's earliest — and possibly the first — public clocks with a minute hand. The clock was double-sided and incorporated two striking figures, traditionally known as Gog and Magog, which strike the bells. The original medieval church was subsequently demolished and replaced by the present building. The clock was removed and later installed at a house in Regent's Park before being returned to St Dunstan's in 1935, where it remains.
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