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SIMON DE CHARMES, LONDON. A GEORGE I EBONISED QUARTER REPEATING BRACKET CLOCK OF SMALL PROPORTIONS

SIMON DE CHARMES, LONDON. A GEORGE I EBONISED QUARTER REPEATING BRACKET CLOCK OF SMALL PROPORTIONS the inverted bell top with brass carrying handle above a moulded arch glazed door with gilt sound frets enclosing a 6" gilt brass arched dial having masked spandrels, engraved silvered Roman chapter ring with outer Arabic minutes, matted centre with calendar aperture, the arch having penny moon aperture fronting an eight-day double fusee five pillar movement with verge escapement, quarter pull repeat on a small bell, striking the hours on a larger bell, back plate fully engraved. (40cm high not including handle) The movement, dial and case are all original to each other, the case looks to have been restored, as does the movement, the clock is ticking but not striking and the quarter repeat isnt functioning correctly so will require attension, movement is complete. The lock on the back door has been replaced, the apron is missing from the rear of the back cock. There is one vacant hole on the backplate which I cant explain.

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SIMON DE CHARMES, LONDON. A GEORGE I EBONISED QUARTER REPEATING BRACKET CLOCK OF SMALL PROPORTIONS

Estimate 1 500 - 2 500 GBP

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For sale on Thursday 11 Jul : 10:00 (BST)
embsay-mills, United Kingdom
Hutchinson Scott
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A GEORGE I EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK BY SIMON DE CHARMES, LONDON, C.1720 the brass eight day single fusee repeating movement with a verge escapement, striking on one bell and repeating on two bells, the backplate with extensive engraved scrolling foliate decoration around a basket of fruit, on a brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman hours, fleur-de-lys half hours and Arabic five minutes, the matted centre with a silvered flowerhead false pendulum, the back of the aperture inscribed 'S. de Charmes, London', and a date aperture, beneath a silvered regulator dial to the arch, inside scrolling foliate and mask spandrels, the case with a bell top, brass handle and silk backed sound frets, with a pendulum 41.5cm high Catalogue Note Simon De Charmes was a French Huguenot who arrived in London after the revocation of the Edicts of Nantes in 1685. He quickly established himself as a clock and watch maker at the ‘Sign of the Clock’ in Charing Cross. He was first recorded in 1688 and was granted freedom from the Clockmakers’ Company in 1691, working closely with other makers including Claude Du Chesne. For examples of Simon De Charmes work being sold at auction, see Bonhams, 12th December 2006, Fine Clocks, lot 94, and 14 December 2016, Fine Clocks, lot 98. For published examples see Cescinsky & Webster, English Domestic Clocks, p.279 Figs. 299, and 300 that shows a similarly engraved backplate and border. Others are illustrated in Richard C.R. Barder, The Georgian Bracket Clock, pls. I/3, VII/17 and colour pl. 3.