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The Encyclopedia of Horology

London, England · c. 1607 – 1693

Ahasuerus Fromanteel

Partially verified

Clockmaking

Life & work

A pioneer of pendulum clocks in England.

Training, contributions & innovations

  • Early pendulum clock maker

Inventions & patents

  • N/A

Signatures & markings on surviving work

  • Signed work

Collecting significance

Signatures on historic work were applied by retailers and by later hands; attribution should rest on the movement's construction and provenance.

Related photographs

Pendulum clock by Jacob Kock, antique furniture photography, IMG 0931 edit
Pendulum clock by Jacob Kock, antique furniture photography, IMG 0931 edit — Christoph Braun, CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Britten, F. J., Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
  2. Loomes, B., reference works on British and European clockmakers

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.