A Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock William
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A Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock William Jourdain, London, early 18th century The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square gilt brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, herringbone border engraved calendar aperture and ringed winding holes to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed W m Jourdain, London to lower margin, with steel hands and angles applied with Indian mask and foliate scroll cast spandrels within a herringbone band engraved border, the walnut case with ogee moulded cornice and plain frieze over three quarter columns with brass caps and bases to the glazed hood door, the sides with rectangular glazed apertures and applied quarter columns to rear, the trunk with rectangular burr veneered door, on plinth base with applied skirt, (case with faults), 215cm (84.5ins) high. Provenance: Pen Moel, near Chepstow. William Jourdain was a Huguenot immigrant who arrived in Spitalfields in the 1680s, by the turn of the 18th century he had established himself as a skilled clockmaker known for his musical and chiming clocks. William II continued in his father's footsteps from 1747 until he was admitted to William Sutton's Hospital, near Smithfield in 1778 where he remained until his death in 1782. For an interesting account of the Jourdain family of clockmakers see Ponsford, Clive N. THE JOURDAIN FAMILY OF SPITALFIELDS, LONDON published in Antiquarian Horology, September 2007, page 381.
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A Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock William
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