A QUEEN ANNE GILT-BRASS MOUNTED WALNUT MONTH GOING AND QUARTER-STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK

Starting price
£ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
22.09.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 812401
Lot 224 | A QUEEN ANNE GILT-BRASS MOUNTED WALNUT MONTH GOING AND QUARTER-STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
CASE: the arched hood of architectural outline and with three brass sphere finials, the glazed door flanked by stop-fluted pillasters and brass square capitals and bases, a central cherub mask above, the trunk door with brass moulded edge and feathered banding, with reconstructed cheekboard tops, with ivorine label 'Percy Webster / Vendor / 37 Gt. Portland St. / No. 1065A' and with further impressed stamp above '1065A'
DIAL: arched 13 inch dial plate, the silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, fleur-de-lis half-hour and lozenge half quarter-hour markers, the matted centre with signature oval 'Dan. Quare / LONDON / 61', blued steel hands, subsidiary dials for seconds and date '1-31' inset below, fine pierced and chased silver spandrels with masks, dolphin heads, flowers and foliage
MOVEMENT: the substantial three-train movement with anchor escapement, the rectangular plates joined by five knopped pillars, with six hammers striking a nest of six bells
94 in. (238.7 cm.) high; 231/4 in. (59 cm.) wide; 111/2 in. (29.2 cm.) deep
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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