John Ebsworth. An ebonised basket top table clock, London, circa 1685

Property of a European Noble Family

John Ebsworth. An ebonised basket top table clock, London

circa 1685

6-inch dial with winged cherub spandrels, plain centre with date aperture, the fusee movement with five latched finely turned baluster pillars, verge escapement, engraved and numbered external locking plate striking on a bell, the backplate finely engraved with tulips and leaves and signed in a drapery reserve John Ebsworth, Londini fecit, the case with pierced brass basket top repoussé with leaves, monkeys and squirrels, later pineapple finials, moulded base and bun feet

35.5cm 14in high