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Lot Essay
Richard Gunter is recorded in London between 1790-1808. The movement of the present clock was bought from Thwaites, a London-based specialist manufacturer of clock movements. Thwaites worked for a number of the best clockmakers of the period, including Dwerrihouse, Ellicott and Earnshaw. The number 1097 indicates a date of manufacture circa 1782. It is not unusual for the date of manufacture of a movement to predate that of the clock by several years as manufacturers almost always held an extensive stock.
This hollow-sided case pattern was fashionable in the late 18th century and also appears in Gillows' 1800 Estimate Sketch Book (L. Boynton, ed., Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 299).
This hollow-sided case pattern was fashionable in the late 18th century and also appears in Gillows' 1800 Estimate Sketch Book (L. Boynton, ed., Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 299).