Clocktime East and Fromanteel's Gilt Cubic Table Clock c1640, 03 The Design
Channel: Dr John C Taylor
Date: 12/04/2024

Edward East and Ahasuerus Fromanteel – Cubic gilt full grande sonnerie table clock with Hollar engravings, silver mounts and dial plate, and 180-minute chapter ring.

Join Dr John C Taylor OBE from the Clocktime digital museum as he explains the design of the East and Fromanteel Gilt Cubic Table Clock, circa 1640.

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On each corner of the case are silver caryatids. Each face of the cube has a most beautiful, intricate, detailed engraving with perspective put in. But look at the beautiful piercing of the flowers. But imagine how you would make this 350 years ago when you had to make your own saw blades. You had to make your own files, you had to make your own drills. Each of the cherubs has an individual style. The top left hand at half 10 here is looking down, as is the one at half 1 here. But the two ones at the bottom are having a good laugh and a joke and are looking up. So, it just fits in with looking at the clock, imagining what a little cherub would be doing if he was peeping out through the corner.