98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 293
William Rayment, Stow Market, Height 400 mm, circa 1720
An English lantern clock with hour strike, long pendulum and anchor escapement
Case: brass, partly laquered, wall bracket. Dial: brass, firegilt. Movm.: brass wheel movement, weight driven via cord and counter weight for going train and striking train, 1 hammer / 1 bell, steel pendulum rod and brass bob.
William Rayment is known to have produced four lantern clocks; he worked from circa 1706 in Stow Market in Suffolk and died around 1760. Whether he had any connection to the better-known Richard Rayment cannot be determined.
On the right side of the case is written: I serve thee her with all my might, I tell the hours by day and night, Therefore example take by me, And serve thy God As I serve thee.
An English lantern clock with hour strike, long pendulum and anchor escapement
Case: brass, partly laquered, wall bracket. Dial: brass, firegilt. Movm.: brass wheel movement, weight driven via cord and counter weight for going train and striking train, 1 hammer / 1 bell, steel pendulum rod and brass bob.
William Rayment is known to have produced four lantern clocks; he worked from circa 1706 in Stow Market in Suffolk and died around 1760. Whether he had any connection to the better-known Richard Rayment cannot be determined.
On the right side of the case is written: I serve thee her with all my might, I tell the hours by day and night, Therefore example take by me, And serve thy God As I serve thee.
estimated
2.500—3.500 €
Price realized
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