JOHN COWELL, LONDON, CIRCA 1780

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25.05.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 186 | JOHN COWELL, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
JOHN COWELL, LONDON, CIRCA 1780A GEORGE III STRIKING TABLE CLOCKCASE: the arched case with foliate loop handle and cross-banded panels, the shaped door with brass mouldings, glazed arched sides and rear door, raised on bracket feetDIAL: the silvered dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, pierced steel hands, subsidiary dials above for regulation and 'srike / silent', signed to the arch 'John Cowell / Royal Exchange / London'MOVEMENT: the eight-day twin-train gut fusee movement with half deadbeat escapement repeating on a single bell, the backplate with pendulum locking mechanism and signed 'John Cowell / Royal Exchange / London'Mahogany and brass13 1⁄2 in. (34.3 cm.) high (handle down); 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep Provenance Robert Eustace Abel Smith, Little Missenden, Hertfordshire;thence by descent.
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