Table or bracket clock, Clockmaker: Edward East (British, 1602–1697), ca. 1665, British, London, Case: ebonized fruitwood and rosewood with ebony moldings; Dial: gilded brass and silver; Movement: brass and steel, Overall: 14 9/16 × 11 11/16 × 6 1/4 in. (37 × 29.7 × 15.9 cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Edward East (British, 1602–1697), Trained as a goldsmith, Edward East was a founding member of the London Clockmakers’ Company (1631). A rival of the Fromanteels both in business and politics, East, a royalist, was appointed clockmaker in 1660 to the newly restored Charles II
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Table, bracket clock, Clockmaker, Edward East, British, 1602–1697, ca, 1665, London, Case, ebonized fruitwood, rosewood, ebony moldings, Dial, gilded brass, silver, Movement, brass, steel, Overall, 14 9/16, 11 11/16, 6 1/4, 37, 29.7, 15.9 cm, Horology, Clockmaker: Edward, Trained, goldsmith, founding member, London Clockmakers, Company, 1631, rival, Fromanteels, business, politics, East, royalist, appointed clockmaker, 1660, newly restored, Charles, II
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