A Queen Anne ebony large striking table clock Christopher Gould, London. Circa 1710 The case with crown-and-caryatid handle to the inverted bell top with later faceted bud finials, glazed sides with foliate cast handles, foliate cast gilt-metal mounts to the front door, the moulded base with later skirting and later brass bun feet, the 8½in. square gilt-brass dial signed Chr Gould London on a curved silvered background to the mock pendulum aperture in the matted centre with ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, silvered chapter ring with pierced blued steel hands (hour hand with restoration), the dial border finely engraved with profuse foliate engraving and with winged cherub spandrels, the movement with thick brass plates secured by six large ringed pillars, knife-edge verge escapement with later Webster-style backcock, twin gut fusees, the spring barrels with external blued steel and brass ratchet-and-clicks planted on the backplate, internal rack strike on a large bell above the plates, the back plate signed Chr Gould LONDON within profuse foliate engraving 17in. (43cm.) high
A Queen Anne ebony large striking table clock Christopher Gould, London. Circa 1710 The case with crown-and-caryatid handle to the inverted bell top with later faceted bud finials, glazed sides with foliate cast handles, foliate cast gilt-metal mounts to the front door, the moulded base with later skirting and later brass bun feet, the 8½in. square gilt-brass dial signed Chr Gould London on a curved silvered background to the mock pendulum aperture in the matted centre with ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, silvered chapter ring with pierced blued steel hands (hour hand with restoration), the dial border finely engraved with profuse foliate engraving and with winged cherub spandrels, the movement with thick brass plates secured by six large ringed pillars, knife-edge verge escapement with later Webster-style backcock, twin gut fusees, the spring barrels with external blued steel and brass ratchet-and-clicks planted on the backplate, internal rack strike on a large bell above the plates, the back plate signed Chr Gould LONDON within profuse foliate engraving 17in. (43cm.) high
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