Table Clock

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signed 'Richard Bockett' c. 1700

veneered with red-backed tortoiseshell, and mounted with brass 38cm high

The glazed tabernacle case with flat-topped dome is veneered with tortoiseshell in the Louis XIV manner, and surmounted by sphere corner-finials and sphere supports to the carrying-handle. The fretted frieze tablet of the door is embellished with scrolled foliage backed by green satin. The eight-day striking movement with brass dial with cherubim-head spandrels to the silvered chapter ring, bears the name 'Richard Bockett'.