A Musical Walnut Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Tho Cartwright, Principi Horologious, Londini, Fecit, circa 1720, the Dutch style case with a caddied hood and three gilded finials, pierced side frets, arched trunk door with inlaid stringing and central glazed lenticle, bombe plinth with claw and ball feet, 12-inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, dial centre with date aperture, seconds dial and signed, arch with a two tune selection dial for The Fryar & ye nun/The happy clown, triple weight driven six pillar movement with anchor escapement, half hour and hour striking and playing the musical tune on the hour with sixteen hammers striking a nest of eight bells, 296cm high 23.01.15, Caddied portion of the hood has been re-built, case with some replaced veneers, slight fading to the trunk door, trunk door mouldings are lifting and with some cracks, bottom of the backboard is loose, case sides are faded, part of the plinth has been re-built and the bombay front appears to have been later added, silvered chapter ring is slightly faded, hour and half hour striking is not working correctly, musical tunes are working on the hour, strike needs re-setting, movement in going order, with three weights and a pendulum.
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A musical longcase clock, the 30 cm arched square brass dial having a silvered chapter ring, signed Wm North, London, with a subsidiary CHIME/SILENT and seconds dial, fitted an eight day movement striking on eight bells and a gong, in an inlaid mahogany case, 234 cm high (over finial) (case a.f.) See illustration Condition report Report by RB The dial has 4 Bells/8 Bells regulator 2 III, the gilt spandrels to the arch are of a more glitzy gilt colour, and actually cover some engraved decoration and are therefore probably later, there is a hole to the CHIME/SILENT subsidiary dial, just underneath the centre pin of the dial, the movement is quite substantial, as you would expect, but clearly has not run in a decade or two, the case has now fallen to pieces and is in a flat pack condition (!), having been subjected to several years of central heating, the trunk door is slightly bowed, as is the base sections, the back board (to which the gong is attached) has a Spillman & Co, St Martin's Lane, London, ivorine plaque, there is a section of approx. 6.5 cm taken out of the back right hand side, about 90% towards the top (approx. 1.5 cm deep), and although the case now needs putting back together it is actually quite a pleasing colour, with general knocks, wear and tear as one would expect, with pendulum (repaired) and two weights, most of the case parts are present, it has basically just collapsed due to central heating in the house for too long
A longcase clock, the 25 cm square brass dial signed J N O Ettry, Horton, with Roman numerals and subsidiary calendar aperture, fitted a 30 hour movement, in an oak case, 214 cm high See illustration Condition report Report by RB The movement has steel pillars, I cannot see anything that turns the calendar, seat board probably later, and rechocked where it sits on the case, the case has been cleaned and restored, many years ago, and is quite light in colour, with the right hand side having a large split which has been filled and is now slightly warped, the trunk door has had a handle removed and is now plugged, the base has a later plinth base with pendulum, key and weight
A late 18th century Welsh oak longcase clock by Vaughan of Pontypool the square brass dial with Roman chapter ring with Arabic outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at noon and demi-lune date aperture at six, each with scalloped borders, the centre signed 'C. Vaughan Pont Pool' and with engraved crescent border, gilt brass mask spandrels, 30 hour weight driven movement with countwheel strike, in an oak case with swan neck cornice with gilt brass finials, supported on turned columns, the trunk with reeded borders, on a plain base with serpentine bracket feet, 84 ¾in. (215cm.) high.
Oak longcased clock banded in mahogany, the break arch dial painted with wherries, Roman chapters, subsidiary seconds and date dials, named Lawley Wellington, eight day movement, in a swan neck hood with fluted columns, on a trunk inlaid with shell paterae, height 225cm (two weights, pendulum, no key). *See clocks and watches proviso. Condition report: see terms and conditions.
A vintage car trunk With a hinged top above a fall front indistinct owners registration mark enclosing a hinged case, with plated mounts, strap handle, 54cms, a similar smaller case 41x45cms above a similar long drawer 96cms with carrying handles 46x99x49cms. CONDITION REPORT: The outer canvas in good condition, angles with wear to the outer edges, nails rusted, hinged top in good condition, two hinged fastens good condition but discoloured. Fall front with traces of original number plate oxidised locks turning green, metal angles rusted, interior original green folding straps in good condition, leatherette handles discoloured. Lock plates generally bright with some oxidisation to the screws, right hand drawer with hinge cover musty, leather musty, staining to the silk type lining. Drawer to the left larger, rectangular lock plate bright minor oxidisation, the hinged fasten on the left rusted and oxidised, hinge good condition, mildew to the interior, green sateen lining stained some damage. Long drawer at the base scratching to the surface minor oxidisation to lock plates, wear to the green sateen interior, when the drawer is removed extensive discolouration to the green sateen lining, the right hand side original lug handles, initials AWW, generally good condition for its age.
A good leather and brass embellished suitcase by J W Allen, 57 Strand, London 1862 The rectangular hinged top with a brass initialled oval with a folding compartment, gilt tooled leather interior with original makers label J W Allen 1862 to HRH the Prince of Wales, original leather straps 21x57x34cms and a canvas trunk with hardwood bands and an LMS Stafford paper label 71x48x30cms (2). CONDITION REPORT: Suitcase with original leather straps, each cross support leather strap has brass roundels with engraved borders, original leather handle with tooled edges, rectangular lock plate original, secure patent stamp, complete with hinged hasp. Original oval brass, cracking and scratching to the surface. Interior with a Morocco and gilt tooled leather interior to lid with a hinged panel with gilt brass studs, central hinged compartment of envelope form. Some separation at the bottom, original label J W Allen Strand 1862. Interior of the lower section Morocco gilt tooled leather some ware and separation to the interior angles but not visible from the exterior. With this lot is a canvas trunk; original lock plate hasp, wear considerate to age, label LMS Stafford with a triangular stork motif logo.
A George III mahogany and walnut longcase clock With a signed in the arch James Leckie, Glasgow, flanked by dolphin spandrels, the dial with subsidiary seconds dial, and date aperture, mask, leaf and shell spandrels the two train eight day movement with anchor escapement rack striking on a bell, bell lacking, the case with a swan neck cresting, foliate terminals, brass vase finial, the hood with brass capped columns, the trunk with a plain long door raised upon a plinth base, clock lacking side glazed panel, 214cms high, with two weights and a pendulum.
An oak longcase clock 18th Century and later With a 19cm brass and silvered dial, detached with Roman numerals, mask and leafy spandrels the arch automaton with figures of Adam and Eve either side of tree of knowledge, Wilson false plate the two train eight day movement striking on a saucer bell, the case with an arched top above turned hood columns, glass door detached and cracked, the trunk with a long panelled door raised upon a panel plinth base, 178cms high with a pendulum.
A 19th Century oak and mahogany longcase clock With a 35cm white dial signed J Evans, Pwllheli, with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, the spandrels painted with leaves, the two train eight day movement with anchor escapement, rack striking on a saucer bell, the case with a swan neck cresting, brass roundel finials above brass capped reeded columns, the trunk with a shaped door flanked by fluted columns raised upon a plinth base, 211cms.
A 20th Century oak three train grandmother clock With a 20cm brass and silvered dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, mask spandrels with a Tempus Fugit roundel in the arch with a three train Enfield movement striking on eight gongs, the case with an arched hood above a panelled trunk door raised upon an outset plinth and compressed bun feet with a rod pendulum, 166.5x35.5cms.
A Mid 19th Century inlaid mahogany and rosewood crossbanded longcase clock With a 35cm brass arched dial signed in the arch John Fisher, Preston with subsidiary seconds dial, the centre engraved with leaves, mask and leafy spandrels, the lunar calendar with a figure walking along a pathway, the two train eight day movement with anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell, the case with a swan neck cresting, applied brass ornament, baluster columns, the trunk with a shaped inlaid door flanked by baluster columns raised upon a plinth base inlaid with rosewood crossbanding, shaped apron and bracket feet, with two weights pendulum and a key, approx. 234cms. (illustrated).
An early 19th Century inlaid mahogany longcase clock With an arched white dial signed Thomas Green, Liverpool The 32cm dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, the spandrels painted with maidens emblematic of the four seasons, two train eight day movement with rack striking on a bell, the case with a swan neck cresting above brass capped Corinthian fluted columns, a long trunk door crossbanded and inlaid with line inlays raised upon a plinth base and bracket feet 241cms high with two weights and a pendulum
An carved oak longcase clock, 19th Century With a 33cm diameter dial signed Winstanley Wirksworth with subsidiary calendar, Roman and Arabic numerals the single train movement with outside countwheel striking on a saucer bell, the case with a dentil cornice above brass capped turned columns, the trunk door carved with a Tudor Rose beneath an armorial crest and a figure of James l, the plinth carved with a roundel with a monarch, leafy spandrels raised upon a plinth base, 215 x 59 x 30cms.
**Amended description**A William IV longcase clock case, oak with plentiful mahogany veneer with box inlay and burr elm panel, hood with curly pediment on turned supports, 13in (33cm) round white dial with later Smith's Electric Co. movement, short door to trunk, ogee feet 82in (208cm) high.
A George III oak longcase clock, 33cm rounded painted dial, inscribed T Bell, 30 hour movement, striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment, brass paterae, turned columns, shaped trunk door, inlaid plinth, 217cm high Thomas Bell is a new addition to the roll of Derbyshire clock makers and may be related to the extensive Bell family of makers at Uttoxeter and Ashbourne.
A lady's high trunk in stripped canvas, Louis Vuitton, late 19th century, metal and wood bound with two wrought iron carry handles and four castors to base. The interior with large Louis Vuitton paper label, pink canvas lining and three lift out trays, (a.f.), 102cm wide x 70cm high x 59cm deep.
A Victorian mother-of-pearl inlaid rosewood mercury cistern tube stick... A Victorian mother-of-pearl inlaid rosewood mercury cistern tube stick barometer F. Stoppani, London, mid 19th century With scroll inlaid shaped pediment and moulded cornice above rectangular glazed canted engraved bone vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath signature F. STOPPANI, 25 RED LION STR'T, HOLBORN to upper margin, the trunk with cavetto-shaped side brackets and vernier adjustment screw to throat above slender arched alcohol tube silvered Fahrenheit scale thermometer vertically positioned between repeating recumbent deer and Ho-Ho bird inhabited folate scroll marquetry panels over cavetto moulded circular cistern cover to the rounded base with level adjustment screw to uunderside, 95cm (37.5ins) high.
An Edwardian inlaid mahogany tubular bell quarter chiming eight-day longcase... An Edwardian inlaid mahogany tubular bell quarter chiming eight-day longcase regulator, William Drew, Peterborough, early 20th century The very substantial triple train movement chiming the quarters on eight tubular gongs and striking the hour on an additional gong, the going train with deadbeat escapement, Harrison's maintaining power and fine beat adjustment for the wood rod pendulum with cylindrical nickel plated bob, the 13 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial to the fine foliate scroll engraved centre within applied silvered chapter ring with raised gilt Arabic numerals and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles, the arch with twin subsidiary Strike/Silent and Whittington/Westminster selection dials with rosette engraved centres, upper silvered infill panel signed WILLIAM DREW, MAKER, Peterboro' and flanked by conforming mounts, the swan neck pedimented case with Corinthian columns flanking dial and rectangular sound frets to sides of hood above bevel-glazed break-arch caddy moulded door flanked by Corinthian quarter columns to trunk, on fielded panel fronted plinth base with canted front angles and moulded skirt, 246cm (97ins) high.
A Scottish William IV satinwood crossbanded mahogany eight-day longcase... A Scottish William IV satinwood crossbanded mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for William Young, Dundee, circa 1830 The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 13 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, bearing signature WILLIAM YOUNG, DUNDEE to centre and with steel moon hands, the break-arch case with moulded cornice above hinged cast brass convex glazed circular bezel within crossbanded ebony line bordered surround flanked by canted angles, the trunk with complex moulding to throat above recessed satinwood banded panel decorated short rectangular caddy moulded door set between conforming horizontal panels above and below and flanked by quarter columns to angles, the plinth base fronted with a further recessed satinwood panel, standing on bracket feet, 206cm (81ins) high. Provenance: Purchased from P A Oxley, Calne, January 1995 for £4250.
A Regency mahogany drop-dial wall timepiece The dial with spurious signature... A Regency mahogany drop-dial wall timepiece The dial with spurious signature for F. Berthound, London, circa 1825 The four pillar single fusee movement with anchor escapement and bottle shaped plates, the 12 inch white painted circular convex Roman numeral dial bearing signature F. Berthound, London to centre, with Arabic five minutes to outer track and unusual pierced steel hands set behind convex glazed cast brass bezel, the box case fitted with turned wood dial surround now with floral spray painted decoration above drop-trunk with shaped glazed lenticle within surround painted with floral festoon to upper border and scene with a cockrell and hen beneath, the rounded base with pendulum adjustment access flap to underside, the right hand side with door, 51cm (20ins) high.
A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for John Roberts A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for John Roberts, London, early 19th century The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial and bearing signature John Roberts, LONDON to centre and with steel moon hands, the break-arch case with scroll pierced fretwork crest and cavetto cornice above hinged cast brass convex glazed circular bezel and ebony line bordered lower quadrant infill flanked by canted angles, the trunk with convex throat moulding above shallow-arch caddy moulded flame figured door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns, on shaped panel outline fronted plinth base with moulded skirt incorporating shaped apron, 207cm (81.5ins) high excluding top finial; 220cm (86.5ins) high overall. Provenence: Purchased from P A Oxley, Calne, February 1996 for £5850.
A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for Andrew Bateman A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for Andrew Bateman, London, early 19th century The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch circular cream painted Roman numeral convex dial bearing signature AND'W BATEMAN, LONDON to centre and with pierced blued steel hands, the break-arch case with finial plinth blocks to the cavetto cornice above hinged cast brass convex glazed circular bezel flanked by brass stop-fluted canted angles, the trunk with convex throat moulding above shallow break-arch moulded flame figured door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns, on shaped panel outline fronted plinth base with moulded skirt incorporating shaped apron, 212cm (83.5ins) high.
An early Victorian weight-driven hook-and-spike wall clock housed in a rare... An early Victorian weight-driven hook-and-spike wall clock housed in a rare contemporary oak floor standing 'longcase' Attributed to Whitehurst, Derby, circa 1840 The two train four pillar plated eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by standard fifteen-inch pendulum and stamped with serial number 6557 to backplate, the 10 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial with gilt painted outer band, steel spade hands and now bearing signature signed WILLIS AND MAY abve feint inscription DERBY to centre, the movement previoulsy fitted with sheet metal dust covers, the rear with hanging hoop and spurs, 23cm (10ins) high; in a rare oak floor standing case, early 19th century, with ogee moulded triangular pediment above rectangular door with glazed 9 inch circular dial aperture within a square moulded surround to the fixed hood over shallow cavetto moulded throat and conforming triangular-top door flanked by canted angles to trunk, on plain plinth base with moulded skirt, 198cm (78ins) high, (2). John Whitehurst (I) was born in Congleton, Cheshire in 1713, he was apprenticed as a clockmaker to his father (of the same name) before setting up business in Derby in 1736 - the same year he installed a turret clock to the newly completed Guildhall. He was an accomplished maker and scientist who had a particular interest in geology. He moved to London in 1780 in order to take up position at the Royal Mint as 'Stamper of the Money Weights' as well as pursue his scientific interests. He was founder member of the Lunar Society and was elected to the Royal Society in 1783. He died in 1788 leaving the Derby clockmaking business to his nephew also called John (II) who in-turn took his son of the same name (John III) into partnership in 1809. The firm traded as 'Whitehurst & Son' until 1834 when the business reverted to just 'Whitehurst' on the death of John (II). The business continued under the Whitehurst name until the death of John (III) in 1855 when it was sold to Roskell of Liverpool who subsequently wound up operations in 1862. However a former employee, John Smith, resurrected the business which is still trading today as 'Smith of Derby'. The current lot utilises a simple but ingenious form of single-arbor countwheel warned striking which, by using pins fitted to the greatwheel (rather than slots in a countwheel) to lock the striking removes the need for the provision of overlift. This, coupled with the efficient layout of the going train (incorporating half-seconds pendulum and chain pulley wind) exemplifies Whitehurst's approach to clockmaking which, in the case of the current lot, has resulted in a timepiece perfectly engineered for backstairs use. The rare oak floor-standing case included in the lot appears to have been specifically supplied to house this type of clock. The hood has been made with the provision to either suspend the movement from a hook applied to a panel fitted to the backboard or rest on a seatboard slid into grooves cut within the side uprights of the trunk (this 'seatboard option' appears never to have been used). The utilitarian appearance of the case is also entirely commensurate with the clock's backstairs use. Furthermore details such as the shallow triangular pediment echoed in the top of the trunk door are the reminiscent of those seen on other early 19th century longcase clocks by the Whitehurst family, from this it is perhaps appropriate to speculate that the case may have been supplied as an 'option' to house such clocks by the Whitehurst family.
A George III inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase... A George III inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase Wasbrough and Mailard, Bristol, circa 1785 The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch single sheet brass Roman numeral break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial, arched calendar aperture and signed WASBROUGH & MAILARD, BRISTOL to the coastal island landscape and floral spray engraved centre within chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and rococo scroll engraved decoration to spandrel areas, the arch with rolling moonphase calibrated for age of the moon beneath times of HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL KEY to outer margin, in a case with arched fan inlaid motif and concentric border pierced infill to the swan neck pediment over wavy-edge glazed dial aperture flanked by Corinthian columns, the trunk with shaped-top caddy moulded door inlaid with a central conch shell within oval satinwood crossbanded border flanked by blind fret decorated canted angles, the plinth base with conforming circular crossbanding and fretwork canted angles on bracket feet, (the inlaid decoration probably later), 246cm (97ins) high. The partnership of Wasbrough and Maillard are recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as coppersmiths, brassfounders and clockmakers working from Wine Street, Bristol circa 1785. The Wasboroughs were one of the more prolific families of clockmakers and metal founders working in Bristol throughout the eighteenth century whose roots can be traced back to William Wasbrough who married Mary Rice (who may have been related to the Bristol clockmaker Roger Rice) on 12th January 1746.
A William III/Queen Anne oak thirty-hour longcase clock Joseph Windmills A William III/Queen Anne oak thirty-hour longcase clock Joseph Windmills, London, circa 1700 The four finned pillar countwheel bell striking two-handed movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with foliate scroll pierced blued steel hands and matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, signed J. Windmills, London to lower edge and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles applied with twin cherub and crown cast spandrels, in a case with cavetto moulded cornice and plain frieze above three quarter columns flanking dial, the trunk with convex throat over long 45.5 inch rectangular door, on panel fronted plinth base with moulded skirt, 218cm (86ins) high; with a copy of Neale, J.A. Joseph and Thomas Windmills Clock and Watch Makers 1671-1737 The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1999, dj, (2). The life and work of Joseph Windmills and his successors is comprehensively documented in Neale, J.A. Joseph and Thomas Windmills Clock and Watch Makers 1671-1737. Joseph joined the Clockmakers' Company as a free Brother in on 29th September 1671 - the same year that Joseph Knibb, Daniel Quare and Thomas Tompion also gained their freedom of the Company. He initially worked from Blow Bladder Street in St. Martins le Grand, London before moving to premises at Swan Court, Mark Lane End, next Tower Street by April 1674 where the business remained. Joseph took his son, Thomas, as an apprentice who, after gaining his freedom in 1696, is thought to have immediately gone into business with his father; by 1700 the firm had become a partnership which lasted until Joseph's death in 1724. Thirty hour longcase clocks by Joseph Windmills are relatively rare with only 10 examples recorded by Neale. The case of the current lot can be loosely compared to a similar example housing a thirty-hour movement with 12 inch dial by John Andrews, London which sold in these rooms on Tuesday 11th March 2014, lot 114.
A William III walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock William... A William III walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock William Carter, Cambridge, circa 1695 The five finned pillar (centre latched) inside rack and bell hour striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and triple crown and scroll carved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral Chapter ring with elaborate basket hilt engraved half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed W'm Carter, Cambridge to lower edge, the case with ogee moulded cornice, plain frieze and floral trail marquetry decorated door to the formerly rising hood, the trunk with conforming leafy trail decorated convex throat above 42 inch door centred with a circular glazed lenticle and decorated with three shaped marquetry bird inhabited flowering foliage panels into an ebonised ground within a walnut field, the surround with further continuous leafy trails, the sides veneered with two line inlaid panels within crossbanded borders, the plinth base with further conforming marquetry panel within crossbanded borders now applied with a later moulded skirt, (generally distressed but in structurally sound original unrestored condition), 206cm (81ins) high. William Carter is recorded in Loomes Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Cambridge from before 1714 until around 1721; Loomes further notes in British Clockmakers 1286-1700 that Carter's son, Hewes, was apprenticed in 1716 to Henry Camden. The engraved 'triple crown' decoration around the calendar aperture of the current lot is a feature sometimes seen on longcase clocks dating from the 1690's and is generally thought to represent the unification of the three Kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland which was first envisaged during the reign of James II in 1688 and was cemented by Act of Parliament in 1707.
An important Charles II small walnut eight-day longcase clock previously in the Iden collection Joseph Knibb, London, circa 1675 The six knopped, finned and latched pillar movement with tall rectangular plates measuring approximately 7.5 by 5.5 inches, the going train with anchor escapement regulated by two-piece seconds pendulum with brass lenticular bob and butterfly-nut regulation to the single-footed suspension block over separately cocked escapement pallet arbor and with pallet-shaped aperture to backplate, the strike train with external crossed-out countwheel and sounding on a 'pork pie' shaped bell mounted above the plates, the 9.5 inch square latched brass dial with winding holes and calendar aperture to the lower edge of the finely matted centre within applied 1.5 inch wide silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with squat fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the narrow outer track, the angles applied with winged cherub head spandrels within a line scribed border interrupted with engraved signature Iofeph Knibb Londini fecit to lower margin, the movement and dial resting on full-depth oak seatboard and secured to the backboard via a bracket to the upper right hand corner of the backplate, the case veneered with walnut and applied with crossgrain mouldings onto a carcass of oak with rising hood surmounted by original carved swan-neck crest centred with a scallop shell flanked by rosettes issuing floral swags, over moulded cornice, plain lintel and twist turned three-quarter columns flanking the glazed dial aperture, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming twist-turned quarter columns applied against bargeboards to rear, the trunk with convex throat moulding over 40 inch quarter-veneered rectangular door applied with half-round moulded border and fitted with original high position iron lock, the interior with early pattern iron hinges and spoon locking mechanism for the hood, the sides veneered with grain running horizontally within crossbanded borders, on crossbanded plinth base with compressed bun feet (the plinth base rebuilt around the original side uprights), 193cm (76ins) high excluding ball finial, 199cm (78.5ins) high overall. Provenance: Purchased in Oxfordshire 1919 by Richard Arnold Esq. before passing into the collection of Walter Iden (inventory number 1913) by the late 1930's, from whom it was directly acquired by Neville Rollason shortly after the War. From before 1949 until 1963 the clock resided at Peplow Hall near Hodnet, Shropshire before being purchased by the present owner for a hammer price of £1,700 (underbid by Ronald Lee) at the on-site sale of the contents dispersed after the death of Neville Rollason in June 1963. Literature: Extensively illustrated (including a rear view of the movement complete with pendulum assembly) in Cescinsky, Herbert and Gribble, Ernest R. EARLY ENGLISH FURNITURE AND WOODWORK (1922) pages 300-1, Figs. 410-14 and discussed on pages 307-8. Illustrated in Cescinsky, Herbert THE OLD ENGLISH MASTER CLOCKMAKERS AND THEIR CLOCKS 1670-1820 pages 68-9, Figs 96-7 with an enlarged detail of the crest on page 46, Fig. 96. Illustrated in Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. and Parkes D.W. Early English Clocks page 248, Plate 332 (detail of crest only). Illustrated and described in Dwason, Percy G. THE IDEN CLOCK COLLECTION pages 144-5 where Dawson notes that the current lot is the earliest example by Knibb in the collection. Joseph Knibb was born the fifth son of Thomas Knibb of Claydon, Oxfordshire in 1640. He is generally thought to have been apprenticed in around 1655 to his cousin Samuel Knibb in Newport Pagnell, before moving to Oxford circa 1662 (the same year that Samuel moved to London). Joseph initially struggled to trade in Oxford due to restrictions placed by the City aut... [Please contact Auctioneer for full lot description]
A Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock Samuel Townson, London A Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock Samuel Townson, London, circa 1710 The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum , the 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Sam. Townson, London to lower edge, with pierced blued steel hands and twin cherub and crown pattern cast brass spandrels to angles, in a fine burr walnut veneered case with removable domed caddy surmounted by box upstand above ogee moulded cornice and fine foliate scroll pierced frets to front and side friezes, generous three-quarter columns with gilt brass caps and bases to the glazed hood door, the sides with fine rectangular scroll pierced frets and rear quarter columns each set against bargeboard rising up to the underside of the cornice projection, the trunk with burr veneered convex throat above 42 inch herringone bordered rectangular trunk door centred with a brass lenticle and applied with an arrangement of three pairs of book-matched veneers within half-round moulded border, the sides crossbanded, on conforming herringbone bordered crossbanded plinth base with ogee top mouldings and tall skirt base, 226cm (89ins) high excluding caddy superstructure, 245cm (96.5ins) high overall (excluding finials). Samuel Townson is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as the son of Robert Townson born in 1692. He was apprenticed to Thomas Wheeler in 1695 and gained his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company by redemption in 1702. He was apparently married twice; first to Sarah Wheeler (the daughter of his Master) in 1694 and then to Martha Fellowes in 1706. Loomes also notes a record of a Samuel Townson being interred in a non-conformist burial ground in 1758.
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