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A GEORGE III PASTE-SET AND SILVER-MOUNTED ORMOLU DRESSING TABLE MIRROR WITH AUTOMATON AND MUSICAL MOVEMENT

Lot 581
23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 63 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 820167
Lot 581 | A GEORGE III PASTE-SET AND SILVER-MOUNTED ORMOLU DRESSING TABLE MIRROR WITH AUTOMATON AND MUSICAL MOVEMENT
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
A GEORGE III PASTE-SET AND SILVER-MOUNTED ORMOLU DRESSING TABLE MIRROR WITH AUTOMATON AND MUSICAL MOVEMENT

ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1775

CASE: the oval adjustable double-sided dressing mirror within a molded frame mounted with silver foliage, the interior of the case engraved with an arrow and an upside-down 5, both mirror plates replaced, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

‌AUTOMATON: the base with automaton panels on each side, the six-tune pin barrel musical movement with fifteen hammers striking eight bells, driven by a fusee movement



19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) high, 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) wide, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) deep





Provenance

The Hon. Daisy Fellowes (1890-1962).

‌Rosamond Daisy Fellowes (1921-1998).

James Reginald Gladstone (b. 1943), Donnington Grove, Newbury, Berkshire.

A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 20 November 1986, lot 131.

Acquired from Partridge, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1997.





Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

Clare Le Corbeiller, 'James Cox: A Biographical Review', The Burlington Magazine, June 1970, pp. 350-358.

Catherine Pagani, 'The Clocks of James Cox', Apollo, January 1988, pp. 15-22.

Lu Yangzhen (chief editor), Timepieces Collected by the Qing Emperors in the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995.

Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Atglen, 1999, pp. 165-177.

Roger Smith, 'James Cox: A Revised Biography', The Burlington Magazine, June 2000, pp. 353-361.

Wely/van Leeuwen/Lefeber-Morsman/Smith/Fuxiang/Xueling, Treasures from the Forbidden City, Museum Speelklok, Utrecht, 2010.

Ian White, English Clocks for the Eastern Markets, Ticehurst, 2012, pp. 165-175.



Exhibited

San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, October 29-November 2, 1993, Loan Exhibition.



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Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors, Tables
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