A RARE EDMUND MASSEY TORTOISESHELL REPEATING AND ALARM BRACKET CLOCK
Description: A RARE EDMUND MASSEY TORTOISESHELL REPEATING AND ALARM BRACKET CLOCK
Basket top form with gilt brass handle, the door bezel top with gilt repoussé swag fretwork culminating in a cherub at centre. The sides with gilt floral and figural sound frets backed with crimson silk. Sat on gilt claw feet. The square brass face incorporating a silvered Roman chapter ring for the hours and subsidiary Arabic numerals for the minutes. The plain matted centre with a single winding square and pendulum aperture for bob, with engraved work to the inset aperature edge. Signature set within pendulum bob aperature, 'Massey London'. Silver alarm setting ring at centre. Gilt cherub spandrels to edges. The gilt movement backplate unsigned with elaborate engraved foliate decoration culminating in a cornucopia. A catch claw for keeping the pendulum during travel. Verge escapement rack. Cord pull repeating the quarters on a single bell. A charging cord pull for the alarm to the side.
Circa 1695.
Height: 34cm Width: 21cm Depth: 13.5cm
PROVENANCE:
G. E. Marsh Antique Clocks, Winchester, United Kingdom
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above
OTHER NOTES:
Edmund Massey was bound as apprentice to Joseph Knibb in London 1673. He became a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1682. Joseph Knibb has been regarded as one of the greatest horologists of his time after Tompion. Knibb's sparse and elegant style can be seen in Massey's bare matted dial, very similar cherub spandrels can be seen in other bracket clocks by Knibb (Bonhams, New York, 7 Dec 2010, Lot 58).
Condition:
Condition: Tortoiseshell in good condition, with small join/split to front edge; handle with wear/tarnish to gilt, movement in working order but not tested for timekeeping.
The opinions expressed in the condition reports are a guide only and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Prospective buyers are encouraged to inspect articles for sale at our pre-sale viewing where Leonard Joel staff are available for advice.
Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
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Description: A RARE EDMUND MASSEY TORTOISESHELL REPEATING AND ALARM BRACKET CLOCK
Basket top form with gilt brass handle, the door bezel top with gilt repoussé swag fretwork culminating in a cherub at centre. The sides with gilt floral and figural sound frets backed with crimson silk. Sat on gilt claw feet. The square brass face incorporating a silvered Roman chapter ring for the hours and subsidiary Arabic numerals for the minutes. The plain matted centre with a single winding square and pendulum aperture for bob, with engraved work to the inset aperature edge. Signature set within pendulum bob aperature, 'Massey London'. Silver alarm setting ring at centre. Gilt cherub spandrels to edges. The gilt movement backplate unsigned with elaborate engraved foliate decoration culminating in a cornucopia. A catch claw for keeping the pendulum during travel. Verge escapement rack. Cord pull repeating the quarters on a single bell. A charging cord pull for the alarm to the side.
Circa 1695.
Height: 34cm Width: 21cm Depth: 13.5cm
PROVENANCE:
G. E. Marsh Antique Clocks, Winchester, United Kingdom
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above
OTHER NOTES:
Edmund Massey was bound as apprentice to Joseph Knibb in London 1673. He became a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1682. Joseph Knibb has been regarded as one of the greatest horologists of his time after Tompion. Knibb's sparse and elegant style can be seen in Massey's bare matted dial, very similar cherub spandrels can be seen in other bracket clocks by Knibb (Bonhams, New York, 7 Dec 2010, Lot 58).
Condition:
Condition: Tortoiseshell in good condition, with small join/split to front edge; handle with wear/tarnish to gilt, movement in working order but not tested for timekeeping.
The opinions expressed in the condition reports are a guide only and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Prospective buyers are encouraged to inspect articles for sale at our pre-sale viewing where Leonard Joel staff are available for advice.
Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
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