Goldsmiths Alliance – Francis Drury – Quarter Strike.

A fine, rare and substantial British twin chain fusee carriage clock signed Goldsmiths Alliance Limited. The gilt dial mask is beautifully engraved, the clock is quarter striking on two gongs and strikes the hours on one. The rear shows a lockable, shuttered plate, the base is signed Francis Drury and stamped F.D. in two places. Francis Drury F.D. is listed in the book of Clock & Watchmakers rather unassumingly. We have seen the F.D. stamp on many French and British clock gongs over the years and had not realised the stamp F.D was in fact a patent. Francis Drury who was part of the Drury family of clockmakers and invented the “new bell” essentially a coiled piece of hardened steel. The large escapement is unusual and although not a ‘detent’ escapement, it is very high quality lever with a chronometer style ‘staple’ balance wheel. The Goldsmiths Alliance sold very high quality clocks and silverware from their Cornhill address in London.

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