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A GEORGE III ORMOLU, SILVER AND PASTE-SET VASE TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK

Lot 576
23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 13 860
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 820209
Lot 576 | A GEORGE III ORMOLU, SILVER AND PASTE-SET VASE TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A GEORGE III ORMOLU, SILVER AND PASTE-SET VASE TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT BY JOHN RUSSELL, CIRCA 1775

The vase with a gadrooned body supported on a socle of stiff leaves above a collar of ribbon-tied reeds on a stepped fluted column with a laurel wreath collar above a plain base, mounted at the center with a dial within a paste-set bezel, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and gilt hands, the twenty-four hour watch movement signed to the foliate engraved backplate John Russell No.6322 and inscribed Costessey, the other three sides inset with silver plaques, one depicting Ariadne reclining beside a palm tree, the others depicting putti at a forge, the sides mounted with scrolled foliate ornamented handles, the stepped domed and molded cover with pineapple finial and adorned with floral swags, interior with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

15 in. (38.1 cm.) high, 9 in. (22.9 cm.) wide, 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) deep





Provenance

Possibly supplied to either Sir William or Sir George Jerningham.

Thence by descent to Sir Henry Jerningham, Costessey Hall, Costessey, Norfolk.

By whom sold (possibly Cubitt and West, Haslemere, 8-12 December 1913).

Acquired from Jeremy, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1994.
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Gold
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings
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