PETER GARON, LONDON. CIRCA 1710

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A Queen Anne tortoiseshell-japanned striking month-going longcase clock
Peter Garon, London. Circa 1710
The pine case decorated with gilt chinoiserie designs against a mock red tortoiseshell ground, the stepped caddy top hood with gilt blind fret panel to the front cornice, glazed side panels and inset columns, the trunk with gilt-carved trusses, trunk door with moulded frame and brass-lined lenticle, on stepped plinth raised on carved giltwood lion claw feet, the 12 in. square brass dial with wheatear engraved borders, cherub and coronet spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with engraved half hour and elaborate sword-hilt half quarter hour markers, signed Peter Garon/LONDON the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring, ringed winding holes and engraving around the square date aperture, blued steel hands, the twin train movement with four ringed pillars, anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on bell; pendulum, two lead weights, winding key, case key
110 in. (277 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Peter Garon seems to have been an interesting character. Brian Loomes (Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, NAG Press, 2006) describes him as 'A bit of a bad lot' because he forged other names on his watches. He is recorded in St Bartholomew's Lane End and then St Giles, Cripplegate. Apprenticed in 1687, he was Free of the Clockmakers' Company 1694-1723, when he was insolvent, having previously been bankrupt in 1709.

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