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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 662 - 663)
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY QUARTER-CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK
SAMUEL THORNE, LONDON, CIRCA 1740
细节
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY QUARTER-CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK
SAMUEL THORNE, LONDON, CIRCA 1740
CASE: the hood with gilt bronze vase finials and central fret panel; DIAL: the 12 inch dial with 'strike/silent' to the arch, the matted centre with seconds ring, date aperture and arched signature plaque 'Samuel Thorne, London'; MOVEMENT: the three train movement with recoil anchor escapement, quarter striking on eight bells and rack striking on a larger bell, with trip repeat, with pendulum, winding key and two case keys
96 in. (244 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) deep
SAMUEL THORNE, LONDON, CIRCA 1740
CASE: the hood with gilt bronze vase finials and central fret panel; DIAL: the 12 inch dial with 'strike/silent' to the arch, the matted centre with seconds ring, date aperture and arched signature plaque 'Samuel Thorne, London'; MOVEMENT: the three train movement with recoil anchor escapement, quarter striking on eight bells and rack striking on a larger bell, with trip repeat, with pendulum, winding key and two case keys
96 in. (244 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) deep
来源
Sotheby's, London circa 1965
Christie's, London, 7 December 2005, lot 35.
Christie's, London, 7 December 2005, lot 35.
出版
Tom Robinson, The Longcase Clock, Woodbridge, 1981, pp. 134-5, figs. 7/9 & 10.
荣誉呈献
Carys Bingham