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UK 30/11
 

Small lantern clock signed Salomon Bouguett Londini

30-hour movement, original verge escapement, knife edge suspension of the bob pendulum, alarm;
brass dial with signature, silvered chapter ring with Roman ciphers, alarm disc, steel hand;
brass frame with slender corner columns, urn finials, foliate scroll frets and ball feet, brass doors and iron back plate, hanging loop and wall spikes;
height 30 cm, to be dated around 1680.

It is difficult to determine whether Salomon Bouquet St. or Jr. is the maker of this clock,
see 'The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain’ – Brian Loomes.

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