LUND AND BLOCKLEY, LONDON. CIRCA 1870

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A VICTORIAN GIANT GILT-BRASS EIGHT DAY QUARTER-STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
LUND AND BLOCKLEY, LONDON. CIRCA 1870
CASE: of heavy architectural form, with four ball-and-spire finials, with glass cupola applied with a foliate pierced and engraved mount, rosettes to the dentilled frieze, reeded triple-cluster columns to the angles, stepped acanthus moulded base DIAL: foliate pierced and engraved gilt mask to engraved and silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, signed 'LUND & BLOCKLEY/TO THE QUEEN/40 PALL MALL/LONDON', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: five pillar movement with twin chain fusees, maintaining power, split bimetallic lever balance to gilt platform escapement, striking the hours and quarters on two rear-mounted gongs; original baize-lined mahogany travel box with sliding front cover and recessed brass handle; winding key
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 7½ in. (19 cm.) wide; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

Provenance

Christie's London, 10 June 1998, lot 98, Property from the Collection of Dr Eugene & Rose Antelis, sold to the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 20 July, 1977, lot 51.

Literature

C. Allix & P. Bonnert, Carriage Clocks, Woodbridge, 1974, p. 278, pl. IX/60; J. Fanelli, A Century of Fine Carriage Clocks, New York, 1987, pp. 182-3.

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Lot Essay

Lund & Blockley are recorded in Pall Mall 1875-1905. Herbert Blockley was, according to Allix and Bonnert, the star pupil of the British Horological Institute classes. This exceptional carriage clock appears to be a one-off, although Fanelli illustrates a similar 'bubble top' clock by Berrolla dating from circa 1840, which may have influenced its design.

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