THOMAS COLE, LONDON, NO. 174. MID-19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS CIRCULAR EIGHT DAY STRUT CLOCK
THOMAS COLE, LONDON, NO. 174. MID-19TH CENTURY
CASE: engraved with foliate strap work, folding suspension loop, back cover with fixed winding key, shuttered aperture for handset and regulation, pivoted strut and engraved 'No. 794' DIAL: engraved and silvered, signed 'THOS. COLE LONDON' to the upper edge and with secret stamp 'THOS COLE/LONDON' under surround, also numbered '174', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: single going barrel, monometallic lever balance to gilt-brass platform escapement
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diameter; 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) deep; 2¾ in. (7 cm.) deep (strut extended)

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Lot Essay

Thomas Cole (1800-1864) is particularly renowned for his finely engraved strut clocks. J.B. Hawkins (Thomas Cole and Victorian Clockmaking, Woodbridge, 1975, pp. 159-165) suggests Cole first conceived the strut clock circa 1845 and that they became the mainstay of his business. Circular examples are unusual. A clock of closely related design sold anonymously, Christie's London, 5 July 2006, lot 34 (£7,200).

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