£750
A 17th century brass lantern clock, 16cm brass dial inscribed R Witter?, Over Whittacre fecit, Roman numerals, single hand, the movement converted to anchor escapement, count-wheel striking on a bell, the case crested by pierced frets engraved with dolphins, turned finials, Doric pillars, 42cm high, c.1680
This maker may refer to Richard Rittle, a gunsmith recorded at Over Whitacre, Warwickshire whose son, Richard Rittle the Younger was apprenticed to Nicholas Paris of Warwick
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