English silver carriage clock with transport box Circa 1700

Museum quality carriage clock in original condition
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A museum quality, early carriage clock in sensational original condition with transport box, made by John Trabshaw in London, England, circa 1700. This watch features an original, pierced silver case with grotesque faces, tendrils with birds, portraits and rural scenes and a bell. The silver champlevé dial features an outer minute and hour track with Arabic numerals for the five minute division and Roman numerals for the hours and original steel hands. The movement is equipped with an early English verge escapement, two barrels for the going train and self strike on a bell, and particularly beautiful tulip pillars.
The dial and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 110 mm
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Weight: 1.410 g
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Signed: Trabshaw London
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Trubsha(w)

John Trubsha(n/w) listed watchmaker from 1679, was a highly respected London watchmaker in the late 17^th and early 18^th century. He was apprenticed to Robert Halstead in 1679 and became a member of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1686. In 1710, he became an assistant of the Clockmakers’ Company and was even designated as a supervisor, but died before he could take up the post.

Following his death in October 1714, John Trubshaw’s workshop ceased operations under his name and his ongoing apprentices were transferred to other London masters to complete their training.

Because he did not have a son or a designated horological partner to inherit the business, the dissolution of his workshop followed standard 18^th century guild practices.