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SAMUEL THORNE, LONDON. CIRCA 1740
Details
A George II walnut quarter chiming longcase clock
Samuel Thorne, London. Circa 1740
The feather-banded case with deep canted angles, double skirt to the plinth, shallow arched trunk door, the hood with reeded chamfered angles, elaborate foliate pierced and chased gilt-metal sound frets to the sides, shallow pagoda top flanked by well modelled gilt-metal urn finials, the dial signed Samuel Thorne London in the matted centre with seconds ring and calendar aperture, pierced blued steel hands, silvered chapter ring with half hour markers, Indian mask-and-foliate spandrels, strike/silent ring in the arch flanked by dolphin finials, the substantial three train movement with six pillars, anchor escapement, the hours struck on a large bell, the quarter chiming on a nest of eight bells via eight hammers
8ft. (244cm.) high
Samuel Thorne, London. Circa 1740
The feather-banded case with deep canted angles, double skirt to the plinth, shallow arched trunk door, the hood with reeded chamfered angles, elaborate foliate pierced and chased gilt-metal sound frets to the sides, shallow pagoda top flanked by well modelled gilt-metal urn finials, the dial signed Samuel Thorne London in the matted centre with seconds ring and calendar aperture, pierced blued steel hands, silvered chapter ring with half hour markers, Indian mask-and-foliate spandrels, strike/silent ring in the arch flanked by dolphin finials, the substantial three train movement with six pillars, anchor escapement, the hours struck on a large bell, the quarter chiming on a nest of eight bells via eight hammers
8ft. (244cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London circa 1965
Literature
Tom Robinson, The Longcase Clock, Antique Collectors' Club, 1981, pp. 134-5, figs. 7/9 & 10
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.