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Lot Essay
Recorded examples of carriage clocks in this 'Gothic' case style are:
Dent No. 17967 (the present clock) strike/repeat chronometer carriage clock with staple balance, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 15 December 1994, lot 298 (£43,300, inclusive of buyer's premium).
Dent No. 22485, strike repeat chronometer carriage clock with cut bimetallic balance, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 12 December 2001, lot 78 (£29,375, inclusive of buyer's premium).
Dent No. 23711, strike/repeat chronometer carriage clock with staple balance and silvered dial, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 11 March 2002, lot 179 (£37,600 inclusive of buyer's premium).
Dent No. 21245, timepiece chronometer carriage clock with split bimetallic balance, (D. Roberts, (Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Atglen, 1993, p. 316, fig. 21-27).
Dent No. 21574, strike/repeat chronometer carriage clock with split bimetallic balance (C. Allix & P. Bonnert, Carriage Clocks, Their History and Development, Woodbridge, 1974, p. 300, plate IX/95). Also listed by Vaudrey Mercer ( Edward John Dent and His Successors, London, 1977, p. 684), who records it as being made by Vooght and Bray (probably William Francis Vooght, circa 1863 and William Thomas Bray, (1836-1863).
E. White No. 635, strike/repeat carriage clock with cut bimetallic lever balance, (Roberts, pp. 321-322, figs. 21-24 a, b, c).
Derek Roberts (p. 316) notes that this fine Gothic revival case design was favoured by Edward Dent and Edward White. He speculates that White, who was a foreman for Dent, may have produced these clocks for him during his employment and then bought them in from Dent when he set up on his own.
Edward John Dent (1790-1853) was one of the finest clockmakers of the 19th Century. He was granted the Royal Warrant as Chronometer Maker to the Queen in 1842 and in 1852 won the commission to make the Great Clock for the Palace of Westminster.
Dent was already well known as a watch and clockmaker by the age of twenty four, supplying a regulator to the Admiralty and at least one or two pocket chronometers for the Colonial Office African Expedition. Between 1815-1829 he worked for many of the finest chronometer makers of the day and was also employed by the Greenwich Observatory to examine and repair chronometers. In 1830 Dent went into partnership with John Roger Arnold at 84 Strand. In 1840 he set up on his own at 64 Strand and also at 28 and 33 Cockspur Street.
Dent No. 17967 (the present clock) strike/repeat chronometer carriage clock with staple balance, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 15 December 1994, lot 298 (£43,300, inclusive of buyer's premium).
Dent No. 22485, strike repeat chronometer carriage clock with cut bimetallic balance, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 12 December 2001, lot 78 (£29,375, inclusive of buyer's premium).
Dent No. 23711, strike/repeat chronometer carriage clock with staple balance and silvered dial, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 11 March 2002, lot 179 (£37,600 inclusive of buyer's premium).
Dent No. 21245, timepiece chronometer carriage clock with split bimetallic balance, (D. Roberts, (Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Atglen, 1993, p. 316, fig. 21-27).
Dent No. 21574, strike/repeat chronometer carriage clock with split bimetallic balance (C. Allix & P. Bonnert, Carriage Clocks, Their History and Development, Woodbridge, 1974, p. 300, plate IX/95). Also listed by Vaudrey Mercer ( Edward John Dent and His Successors, London, 1977, p. 684), who records it as being made by Vooght and Bray (probably William Francis Vooght, circa 1863 and William Thomas Bray, (1836-1863).
E. White No. 635, strike/repeat carriage clock with cut bimetallic lever balance, (Roberts, pp. 321-322, figs. 21-24 a, b, c).
Derek Roberts (p. 316) notes that this fine Gothic revival case design was favoured by Edward Dent and Edward White. He speculates that White, who was a foreman for Dent, may have produced these clocks for him during his employment and then bought them in from Dent when he set up on his own.
Edward John Dent (1790-1853) was one of the finest clockmakers of the 19th Century. He was granted the Royal Warrant as Chronometer Maker to the Queen in 1842 and in 1852 won the commission to make the Great Clock for the Palace of Westminster.
Dent was already well known as a watch and clockmaker by the age of twenty four, supplying a regulator to the Admiralty and at least one or two pocket chronometers for the Colonial Office African Expedition. Between 1815-1829 he worked for many of the finest chronometer makers of the day and was also employed by the Greenwich Observatory to examine and repair chronometers. In 1830 Dent went into partnership with John Roger Arnold at 84 Strand. In 1840 he set up on his own at 64 Strand and also at 28 and 33 Cockspur Street.