A RARE LATE 17TH CENTURY CLOCK WITH TEN INCH DIAL AND BOLT AND SHUTTER MAINTAINING POWER, SIGNED THOMAS WHEELER, LONDON,  IN A LATER CASE AMENDMENT **** Please note the case is probably later and made up of early elements.**** the flat topped hood with blind fret carved frieze over barley twist columns, the sides with carved pierced frets, with convex throat moulding over moulded trunk door with circular lenticle, on a plinth base and squat bun feet, the ten inch square brass dial with gilt putto mask and floral spandrels, with silvered Roman chapter ring signed 'Thomas Wheeler Londini Fecit', with gilt matted centre and date aperture, and with silvered subsidiary seconds, the movement united by five knopped and finned pillars with anchor escapement striking on a bell, with pendulum, two weights, winder and case key, 200cm high PLEASE NOTE: This lot will be on display at our South Kensington branch from 29th May until it goes on view at Chiswick from 7th June. Provenance: From a private collection. Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed. Case probably later. Notes: According to Baillie, Thomas Wheeler was apprenticed in 1647 to Nicholas Coxeter, was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1655, a Warden from 1680 and was appointed Master in 1684. His last record of attendance was in 1694 and is thought to have died between 1695 and 1701, when his widow received charity from the Company.