Table or bracket clock 1690 Clockmaker: John Andrews This type of clock movement has a short pendulum, enabling the clock to be small enough to sit on a shelf or a bracket. The clock has an engraved back plate that was fashionable in late seventeenth-century London. The engraving was done by a relatively small group of specialists who had varying degrees of skill. Their work is unsigned and for the most part remains anonymous. The signature here is that of the maker of the movement, the clockmaker John Table or bracket clock. British, London. 1690. Gilded brass and steel; Case: walnu

Table or bracket clock 1690 Clockmaker: John Andrews This type of clock movement has a short pendulum, enabling the clock to be small enough to sit on a shelf or a bracket. The clock has an engraved back plate that was fashionable in late seventeenth-century London. The engraving was done by a relatively small group of specialists who had varying degrees of skill. Their work is unsigned and for the most part remains anonymous. The signature here is that of the maker of the movement, the clockmaker John Table or bracket clock. British, London. 1690. Gilded brass and steel; Case: walnut, walnut veneer, and gilded brass. Horology

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