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MAKER'S PLAQUE OF ROB JACKSON LONDON
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AN EARLY GEORGE II JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK
Maker's plaque of Rob Jackson London
The hood with shaped top ornamented by three brass finials, and a pierced brass grille, the arched glazed door flanked by columns, the arched trunk door and plinth decorated with coloured engravings of ladies emblematic of Summer and Autumn; and a scene after Hogarth, having gilt Chinoiserie ornament on a black ground; the brass dial with silvered chapter ring, roman and arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, strike/silent dial, date aperture, foliate giltmetal lunette and spandrels and pierced blued steel hands.
With various 19th century inscriptions inside the trunk door dating from 1865, 1868, and a note stating that the clock 'originally belonged to Nell Gwynne' dated 1896
261 cm. (103 in.) high
See illustration
Maker's plaque of Rob Jackson London
The hood with shaped top ornamented by three brass finials, and a pierced brass grille, the arched glazed door flanked by columns, the arched trunk door and plinth decorated with coloured engravings of ladies emblematic of Summer and Autumn; and a scene after Hogarth, having gilt Chinoiserie ornament on a black ground; the brass dial with silvered chapter ring, roman and arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, strike/silent dial, date aperture, foliate giltmetal lunette and spandrels and pierced blued steel hands.
With various 19th century inscriptions inside the trunk door dating from 1865, 1868, and a note stating that the clock 'originally belonged to Nell Gwynne' dated 1896
261 cm. (103 in.) high
See illustration
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