Lot Essay
The movement of the present clock bears the name of Santiago James Moore French of the Royal Exchange, London, who was a freeman of the Clockmaker's Company from 1810-1840.
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PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND H. WEILL
(LOTS 135-136)
A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY REGULATOR
CIRCA 1815
Details
A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY REGULATOR
Circa 1815
The circular engraved brass dial of regulator format, with outer minute ring and subsidiary hour and seconds rings, signed JM FRENCH, ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON, the five pillar movement with deadbeat escapement and strike on bell positioned above the plates, the backplate signed FRENCH/ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON, within a Gothic arched hood surmounted by a spire with acorn finial above a rectangular case with Gothic arched glazed door, enclosing two brass weights and a brass and giltwood calibrated pendulum, over a square base, on bracket feet, lacking second hand, bearing a paper label inscribed DICK95911 25P and museum accession label 142.60a
90¾in, (230.5cm.) high19½in. (49cm.) wide, 9½in. (24cm.) deep
Circa 1815
The circular engraved brass dial of regulator format, with outer minute ring and subsidiary hour and seconds rings, signed JM FRENCH, ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON, the five pillar movement with deadbeat escapement and strike on bell positioned above the plates, the backplate signed FRENCH/ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON, within a Gothic arched hood surmounted by a spire with acorn finial above a rectangular case with Gothic arched glazed door, enclosing two brass weights and a brass and giltwood calibrated pendulum, over a square base, on bracket feet, lacking second hand, bearing a paper label inscribed DICK95911 25P and museum accession label 142.60a
90¾in, (230.5cm.) high19½in. (49cm.) wide, 9½in. (24cm.) deep
Provenance
Jack Dick, Dunellen Hall, Greenwich, Connecticut, sold Sotheby Parke- Bernet, New York, 20 September 1975, lot 277.