A GEORGE II BLUE LAQUER AND GILT CHINOISERIE QUARTER-CHIMING LARGE BRACKET CLOCK, FOR THE TURKISH MARKET

WILLIAM KIPLING, LONDON, CIRCA 1730

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A GEORGE II BLUE LAQUER AND GILT CHINOISERIE QUARTER-CHIMING LARGE BRACKET CLOCK, FOR THE TURKISH MARKET
william kipling, london, circa 1730
The gilt break-arch dial with silvered Turkish chapter ring with pierced blued steel hands, the matted centre with mock pendulum and calendar apertures, the oval signature plaque engraved Wm: Kipling, London, foliate spandrels centered with a crescent moon, susiduary silvered strike/silent ring in the arch, the seven pillar triple chain fusee movement with verge escapement quarter chiming on eight bells via eight hammers and hour strike on further bell, the backplate profusely engraved with scrolling foliage and engraved Wm.: Kipling, London, the case decorated overall with raised gilt Chinoiserie decoration on a blue ground with handle to the inverted bell top, glazed sides, foliate-pierced giltwood quarter sound frets to the front door, the concave-molded base on bracket feet with a shaped apron to the front and the sides
23¼in. (59cm.) high

Lot Essay

The Turkish export market was a lucrative one that many London clockmakers took advantage of. Most of these clocks were use as diplomatic gifts and bribes to oil the wheels of political and trade bargaining.

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