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A George III small red and gilt japanned pine striking hooded wall clock for the Turkish market

ROBERT WARD, LONDON. CIRCA 1770

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A George III small red and gilt japanned pine striking hooded wall clock for the Turkish market
Robert Ward, London. Circa 1770
The arched hood with ball finial, sound frets to the upper sides and glazed doors to the lower sides, the backboard with integral scroll-sided bracket, the 8.25 cm. (3¼ in.) wide brass dial with foliate spandrels to silvered Turkish chapter ring, matted centre, two replaced blued steel hands, the arch with flat silvered disc signed Rob Ward/London, the thirty-hour posted frame movement with verge escapement and countwheel strike on bell
43 cm. high

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
George White, English Lantern Clocks, Woodbridge, pp.296-297.

Probably the Robert Ward recorded in London circa 1751-1775.
Clocks were made for export to the Ottoman Empire from the first quarter of the 18th century to the first quarter of the 19th century. Such clocks did not evolve in the same way that other English clocks did; for example, the verge escapement was retained until the very end. Two hands were also commonly used.

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