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A GEORGE IV GILT-BRASS MOUNTED BOULLE TORTOISESHELL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
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A GEORGE IV GILT-BRASS MOUNTED BOULLE TORTOISESHELL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK

RICHARD GANTHONY, LONDON, CIRCA 1830

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A GEORGE IV GILT-BRASS MOUNTED BOULLE TORTOISESHELL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
RICHARD GANTHONY, LONDON, CIRCA 1830
CASE: the pediment surmounted by a floral moulded handle with stylised palmettes to corners, the rectangular case with chamfered angles and glazed arched side apertures DIAL: white enamel with blued steel Breguet hands signed 'GANTHONY 83 CHEAPSIDE LONDON' MOVEMENT: five pillars with arched-top plates, twin train fusee with recoil anchor escapement and strike to bell, the back plate further signed 'Ganthony LONDON'; with ivory handled winding key, case key
9 in. (23 cm.) high, handle down; 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) wide; 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) deep
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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With closely related contre-partie boullework and similar tortoiseshell forms, the case of this clock was probably made in the same shop as a pair of harlequin table clocks sold Christie's, London, 7 July 2011, lot 577 (£16,250). Richard Ganthony, Sr. began his apprenticeship in 1785 and in 1794 became a member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, serving as Master in 1828. From 1803 to 1825, he worked out of Cannon and subsequently Lombard Streets before moving to 83 Cheapside in 1825 where he was joined in business by his son, Richard Pinfold Ganthony (F.J. Britten, Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers, London, 1904, p. 609; G.H. Baillie, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, vol. 1, Colchester, 1947, p. 118).