A RARE LATE 17TH CENTURY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK WITH TEN
A RARE LATE 17TH CENTURY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK WITH TEN INCH DIAL AND BOLT AND SHUTTER MAINTAINING POWER, SIGNED THOMAS WHEELER, LONDON
the flat topped hood with blind fret carved frieze over barley twist columns, the sides with carved pierced frets, with convex throat moulding over moulded trunk door with circular lenticle, on a plinth base and squat bun feet, the ten inch square brass dial with gilt putto mask and floral spandrels, with silvered Roman chapter ring signed 'Thomas Wheeler Londini Fecit', with gilt matted centre and date aperture, and with silvered subsidiary seconds, the movement united by five knopped and finned pillars with anchor escapement striking on a bell, with pendulum, two weights, winder and case key,
200cm high
Provenance: From a private collection.
Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed.
Notes: According to Baillie, Thomas Wheeler was apprenticed in 1647 to Nicholas Coxeter, was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1655, a Warden from 1680 and was appointed Master in 1684. His last record of attendance was in 1694 and is thought to have died between 1695 and 1701, when his widow received charity from the Company.
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A RARE LATE 17TH CENTURY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK WITH TEN INCH DIAL AND BOLT AND SHUTTER MAINTAINING POWER, SIGNED THOMAS WHEELER, LONDON
the flat topped hood with blind fret carved frieze over barley twist columns, the sides with carved pierced frets, with convex throat moulding over moulded trunk door with circular lenticle, on a plinth base and squat bun feet, the ten inch square brass dial with gilt putto mask and floral spandrels, with silvered Roman chapter ring signed 'Thomas Wheeler Londini Fecit', with gilt matted centre and date aperture, and with silvered subsidiary seconds, the movement united by five knopped and finned pillars with anchor escapement striking on a bell, with pendulum, two weights, winder and case key,
200cm high
Provenance: From a private collection.
Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed.
Notes: According to Baillie, Thomas Wheeler was apprenticed in 1647 to Nicholas Coxeter, was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1655, a Warden from 1680 and was appointed Master in 1684. His last record of attendance was in 1694 and is thought to have died between 1695 and 1701, when his widow received charity from the Company.
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