ID 472444
Lot 8 | A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPI...
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES, LATE 18TH CENTURY
CASE: the drum-shaped glazed ormolu case with pineapple glass finial, cut-glass canopy below suspended with pendants, the concave-sided blue glass pedestal base gilt-decorated with paterae and swags, ram's masks to the angles, the spreading plinth on ball feet
DIAL: the 3 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, pierced gilt hands
MOVEMENT: the four pillar single train timepiece movement with chain fusee and balance wheel verge escapement, unsigned, the underside of the urn with fitting stamped 'B'
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) wide
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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