Lot 294

James Drury, London, Height 390 mm, circa 1700
A rare "winged" lantern clock with hour self strike
Case: brass, firegilt, winged frets to the sides, the top with open-worked and engraved mountings, decorated with foliate and floral patterns, bell. Dial: brass, gilt, engraved with foliate and floral patterns. Movm.: brass wheel movement, solid plates and pillars, weight driven via cord and counter weight for going train and striking train, verge escapement, 1 hammer / 1 bell, short pendulum.
James Drury (1673-1740) apprenticed with Francis Hill from 1687 to 1694 and received the freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1695. Drury had a workshop at St Stephen Coleman Street Parish and gained a reputation as a maker of fine lantern, long case and table clocks.