A GEORGE III SILVER, ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE QUARTER-STRIKING AND MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Vendu
63000GBP £ 63 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Lieu de l'événement | Royaume-Uni, London |
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ID 1250859
Lot 15 | A GEORGE III SILVER, ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE QUARTER-STRIKING AND MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Valeur estimée
£ 30 000 – 50 000
JOHN HOWLETT, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
CASE: of architectural outline, the domed top with vase finial flanked by four further vases to the angles above outset columns, raised on foliate scroll feet, with naturalistic polychrome enamel panels to the top, sides and rear door, applied paste-gem applique to front of dome and sides, a band of paste-gems above the sound fret and further paste-gem applied Chinese characters (translating to ‘auspicious and as desired’) to the front and rear door
DIAL: the 3 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, arrow-head hour and minute hands, seconds hand, with hand setting disc to the backplate, paste-gem set glazed bezel
MOVEMENT: the shaped plates joined by five tapering pillars, the three-train movement with twin chain fusees and single gut line fusee, verge escapement, with ‘ting-tang’ quarter-striking on two bells and a choice of two melodies playing at the hour, on eight bells via eight hammers from the 1 ¼ inch pin barrel, shaped pendulum rod with bob and holdfast, the backplate engraved 'Jno. Howlett / London'
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high; 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) wide; 5 ¼ in. (13.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably purchased in Hong Kong, late 1960s.
Sir John Keswick K.C.M.G. (1906-1982) and Clare, Lady Keswick (1905-1998), thence by descent.
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Horloges - Ameublement |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Horloges - Ameublement |
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| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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