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A finely crafted modern ebonised table clock with pull quarter repeat in the 17th century manner John Marshall, at Halfpenny, Kendal
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,500 inc. premium
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A finely crafted modern ebonised table clock with pull quarter repeat in the 17th century manner
John Marshall, at Halfpenny, Kendal
The design greatly influenced by the work of Thomas Tompion, the case surmounted by a tied bud handle over the caddy and complex entablature mouldings, the glazed front door with gilt brass sound fret to the upper rail and foliate escutcheons to the uprights, raised on a moulded plinth base with four turned gilt brass feet, the signed 6.5 inch brass dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, set within four subsidiary quadrants, for regulation (top left), strike/not strike (top right) and pendulum hold fast to the lower corners, the remainder of the dial profusely engraved with flowers and foliage within a stylised foliate border, elements of which were taken from the design of the Tulip Tompion, the twin fusee movement with verge escapement, rack and pinion rise and fall regulation and Tompion's double lever pull repeat mechanism striking on two bells, the shaped frontplate united to the backplate by seven knopped and finned latched pillars, the signed backplate engraved with foliate scrolls, birds and entwined snakes centred on the oval signature cartouche, the regulation and repeat work mounted on engraved 'tear drop' cocks. 39cm (15.25in)
The design greatly influenced by the work of Thomas Tompion, the case surmounted by a tied bud handle over the caddy and complex entablature mouldings, the glazed front door with gilt brass sound fret to the upper rail and foliate escutcheons to the uprights, raised on a moulded plinth base with four turned gilt brass feet, the signed 6.5 inch brass dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, set within four subsidiary quadrants, for regulation (top left), strike/not strike (top right) and pendulum hold fast to the lower corners, the remainder of the dial profusely engraved with flowers and foliage within a stylised foliate border, elements of which were taken from the design of the Tulip Tompion, the twin fusee movement with verge escapement, rack and pinion rise and fall regulation and Tompion's double lever pull repeat mechanism striking on two bells, the shaped frontplate united to the backplate by seven knopped and finned latched pillars, the signed backplate engraved with foliate scrolls, birds and entwined snakes centred on the oval signature cartouche, the regulation and repeat work mounted on engraved 'tear drop' cocks. 39cm (15.25in)