拍品專文
Edward Thurlow of Union Street, Ryde, Isle of White fl.1848-1878
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EDWARD THURLOW, RYDE, THE MUSICAL MOVEMENT BY PAILLARD, CIRCA 1870
細節
A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER-CHIMING AND MUSICAL AUTOMATON CLOCK
EDWARD THURLOW, RYDE, THE MUSICAL MOVEMENT BY PAILLARD, CIRCA 1870
The case surmounted with Chronos figure, on a conforming ebonised plinth, with automaton scene depicting the nursery rhyme of 'This is the house that Jack built' above the gilt dial, subsidiary 'CHIME/SILENT' and tune selection 'EIGHT BELLS / CAMBRIDGE CHIMES / WHITTINGTON' and signed 'THURLOW, RYDE', the substantial triple chain fusee movement with dead-beat escapement, striking the hours on a large gong and one of three chimes on eight bells and eight hammers, the movement below having an eight air comb-and-cylinder musical movement with levers to the left side of the case for manual trip, tune/change/repeat and constant tune, the comb with the stamp for Paillard
80 in. (203.2 cm.) high; 29 in. (73.6 cm.) wide; 20 ¾ in. (52.8 cm.) deep
EDWARD THURLOW, RYDE, THE MUSICAL MOVEMENT BY PAILLARD, CIRCA 1870
The case surmounted with Chronos figure, on a conforming ebonised plinth, with automaton scene depicting the nursery rhyme of 'This is the house that Jack built' above the gilt dial, subsidiary 'CHIME/SILENT' and tune selection 'EIGHT BELLS / CAMBRIDGE CHIMES / WHITTINGTON' and signed 'THURLOW, RYDE', the substantial triple chain fusee movement with dead-beat escapement, striking the hours on a large gong and one of three chimes on eight bells and eight hammers, the movement below having an eight air comb-and-cylinder musical movement with levers to the left side of the case for manual trip, tune/change/repeat and constant tune, the comb with the stamp for Paillard
80 in. (203.2 cm.) high; 29 in. (73.6 cm.) wide; 20 ¾ in. (52.8 cm.) deep
來源
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 July 2004, lot 48.
出版
A. W. J. G. Ord-Hume, The Musical Clock, Mayfield, 1995, p. 194, pls. IX-34-36.
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榮譽呈獻
Alexandra Cruden