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Lot 110W
A fine late 18th century mahogany longcase clock with original numbered crank key and pendulum Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, London, number 201
12 December 2012, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £42,050 inc. premium
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A fine late 18th century mahogany longcase clock with original numbered crank key and pendulum
Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, London, number 201
The break arch hood surmounted by a giltwood ball finial, over reeded canted corners, the plain trunk with long break arch door, raised on the plinth base with raised central panel, the signed and numbered 12 inch brass and silvered Roman and Arabic dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds to the centre and strike/silent dial to the arch, bordered by foliate spandrels, the twin train weight driven movement with rectangular plates united by five substantial knopped pillars, rack strike on a bell and 'T' bar suspension for the large numbered brass cased pendulum with engraved rating nut. 226cm (7ft 5in)
The break arch hood surmounted by a giltwood ball finial, over reeded canted corners, the plain trunk with long break arch door, raised on the plinth base with raised central panel, the signed and numbered 12 inch brass and silvered Roman and Arabic dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds to the centre and strike/silent dial to the arch, bordered by foliate spandrels, the twin train weight driven movement with rectangular plates united by five substantial knopped pillars, rack strike on a bell and 'T' bar suspension for the large numbered brass cased pendulum with engraved rating nut. 226cm (7ft 5in)
Footnotes
Provenance: This clock has passed by descent from the vendor's great grandfather.
A similar example is illustrated in Cescinsky and Webster's 'English Domestic Clocks' Antique Collectors' Club, 1976 edition, fig 243, page 224. Of particular interest is the socle below the ball finial which is identical to that of this lot, as in other examples the finial sits on a moulded section that runs the length of the hood.