Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Brass Lantern Clock by Jeremie Gregorie, Royal Exchange, London, c. 1670, brass case, engraved 6-in. silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with quarter and half hour markings, single steel hand, engraved dial plate with tulips and signed Jeremie Gregorie at the Royall Exchange, pierced brass frets, strapped bell above, thirty-hour, time, alarm and count-wheel strike movement with anchor escapement, long pendulum, endless rope with a single lead weight, clock ht. 15 in.
Provenance: The Estate of Charles P. Fisher.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Lacking alarm train and setting disc on dial, escapement converted to anchor, bell has been repaired, original single hand., clock has doors and all frets
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