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A Queen Anne walnut longcase clock
THO. TOMPION & EDW. BANGER LONDON, NO. 493, CIRCA 1705
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A Queen Anne walnut longcase clock
Tho. Tompion & Edw. Banger London, No. 493, circa 1705
The 11in. sq. dial signed Tho: Tompion & Edw. Banger in an oval on the finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture with pin-hole adjustment, silvered chapter ring, pierced blued hands, double-screwed winged cherub-and-foliate spandrels interrupting the foliate engraved border, latches to the dial feet and six ringed pillar movement with inside countwheel strike, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, anchor escapement, pendulum with calibrated rating nut the concave moulded case on double footed plinth, the rectangular trunk door, punch numbered 493 on the side, the caddy top hood with detached brass capped columns, double pierced wood sound frets and surmounted by gold painted wood ball-and-spire finials; the case originally ebonised
7 ft. 10 in. (238 cm.) high
Tho. Tompion & Edw. Banger London, No. 493, circa 1705
The 11in. sq. dial signed Tho: Tompion & Edw. Banger in an oval on the finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture with pin-hole adjustment, silvered chapter ring, pierced blued hands, double-screwed winged cherub-and-foliate spandrels interrupting the foliate engraved border, latches to the dial feet and six ringed pillar movement with inside countwheel strike, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, anchor escapement, pendulum with calibrated rating nut the concave moulded case on double footed plinth, the rectangular trunk door, punch numbered 493 on the side, the caddy top hood with detached brass capped columns, double pierced wood sound frets and surmounted by gold painted wood ball-and-spire finials; the case originally ebonised
7 ft. 10 in. (238 cm.) high
Provenance
The Viscount Hereford, sold Sothebyr's London, 13 October 1988, lot 225, £35,000.
Sold in these Rooms 3 July 1991, lot 252, £30,000.
Sold in these Rooms 3 July 1991, lot 252, £30,000.