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A Victorian engraved gilt-brass, malachite and bloodstone mounted miniature chiffonier timepiece

THOMAS COLE. CIRCA 1854

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A Victorian engraved gilt-brass, malachite and bloodstone mounted miniature chiffonier timepiece
Thomas Cole. Circa 1854
With inset malachite panels to sides, top and front doors, the insides of the doors engraved with theatrical vignettes, enclosing one dummy, two sliding drawers and a pull out tray, the underside of the door frames each stamped THOS COLE, a further key drawer above with engraved base, the rear engraved with a tavern scene below drop-down movement door engraved with an equestrian figure, the underside engraved Henry D. Streatfield/from/W.G. Craven/1854, the foliate engraved and silvered two-tone dial with blued steel moon hands, the eight day single chain fusee movement with indirect drive, lever escapement; key
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

拍品专文

The detailing on this miniature chiffonier timepiece is quintessential Thomas Cole. The engraving is of finest quality and even extends to the base of the key drawer. It bears a thematic resemblance to sideboard clock by Cole sold Christie's London, 5 July 2006, lot 43 but in decorative terms is considerably more elaborate.
Thomas Cole (1800-1864) exhibited six clocks at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the catalogue described him as an 'inventor, designer and maker'. Of the six, two were mounted with malachite. See J.B. Hawkins, Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking, Sydney 1975, p.14.