A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
BY FABIAN ROBIN, LONDON, C.1695
the brass eight day movement with five finned pillars, an inside countwheel striking on a bell, with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and fleur-de-lys markers and signed 'Fab' Robin, Londini Fecit' to lower edge, the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture engraved with a triple crown motif, with winged cherub mask spandrels with sculpted steel scroll pierced hands, the flat top hood above a blind fret panel and Solomonic columns and meandering leaves and flowers, the trunk door with three panels of flowers, leaves and birds centred with a lenticle, with a conforming plinth
207cm high
Catalogue Note
Fabian Robin is noted in Brian Loomes, 'The Early Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700' as essentially being unrecorded in the Clockmakers' Company records or anywhere else, except for an individual of that name being buried at Stepney in 1723. Loomes further notes that Fabian Robin did not sign the oath of allegiance for any livery company in 1697. Despite the lack of records there are many surviving clocks signed as being made by him, dating from around 1680. The engraved 'triple crown' decoration around the calendar aperture of the current lot is a feature sometimes seen on longcase clocks dating from the 1690's and is generally thought to represent the unification of the three Kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland, which was first envisaged during the reign of James II in 1688 and was cemented by Act of Parliament in 1707. Indeed, it is possible that this decoration commemorates the signing of the clockmaker's oath of allegiance (to the crown) in 1697. However, as it would appear that Fabian Robin did not sign the oath, this is unlikely to be the case with regards to the present lot.
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A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
BY FABIAN ROBIN, LONDON, C.1695
the brass eight day movement with five finned pillars, an inside countwheel striking on a bell, with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and fleur-de-lys markers and signed 'Fab' Robin, Londini Fecit' to lower edge, the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture engraved with a triple crown motif, with winged cherub mask spandrels with sculpted steel scroll pierced hands, the flat top hood above a blind fret panel and Solomonic columns and meandering leaves and flowers, the trunk door with three panels of flowers, leaves and birds centred with a lenticle, with a conforming plinth
207cm high
Catalogue Note
Fabian Robin is noted in Brian Loomes, 'The Early Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700' as essentially being unrecorded in the Clockmakers' Company records or anywhere else, except for an individual of that name being buried at Stepney in 1723. Loomes further notes that Fabian Robin did not sign the oath of allegiance for any livery company in 1697. Despite the lack of records there are many surviving clocks signed as being made by him, dating from around 1680. The engraved 'triple crown' decoration around the calendar aperture of the current lot is a feature sometimes seen on longcase clocks dating from the 1690's and is generally thought to represent the unification of the three Kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland, which was first envisaged during the reign of James II in 1688 and was cemented by Act of Parliament in 1707. Indeed, it is possible that this decoration commemorates the signing of the clockmaker's oath of allegiance (to the crown) in 1697. However, as it would appear that Fabian Robin did not sign the oath, this is unlikely to be the case with regards to the present lot.
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