A walnut marquetry hour and half hour striking longase clock by Fabien Robin in London
A walnut marquetry hour and half hour striking longase clock.
Dial: engraved brass dial whit gilt spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture. Foliate pierced steel hands.
Case: with an inlaid caddy cresting surmounted by three metal pinnacles and wood columns, rectangular trunk door inset with well-cut flower marquetry on an ebony ground, similarly decorated plinth.
Movement: brass with rectangular plates, anchor escapement, suspension metallic pendulum, with rack and bell striking.
Signed: "Fabien robin London" on the dia along the lower edgel.
Period: Beginning of XVIII century.
Dimentions: H. 248 cm x W. 46,5 cm x D. 27 cm.