Table or bracket clock, Clockmaker: Edward East, ca. 1665

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Table or bracket clock, Clockmaker: Edward East (British, 1602–1697), ca. 1665, British, London, Case: ebonized fruitwood and rosewood with ebony moldings; Dial: gilded brass and silver; Movement: brass and steel, Overall: 14 9/16 × 11 11/16 × 6 1/4 in. (37 × × cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Edward East (British, 1602–1697), Trained as a goldsmith, Edward East was a founding member of the London Clockmakers’ Company (1631). A rival of the Fromanteels both in business and politics, East, a royalist, was appointed clockmaker in 1660 to the newly restored Charles II

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