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A good and rare early 19th century English ormolu-mounted white marble mantel timepiece Attributed to Thomas Weeks,
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A good and rare early 19th century English ormolu-mounted white marble mantel timepiece
Attributed to Thomas Weeks,
the cast representing the chariot of Apollo, drawn by a swan and attended by twin cherubs, one urging the swan forward, the other at the rear, the clock dial taking the form of the wheel, with cast Arabic numerals, serpent hands and twelve-petalled centre, (the rear wheel similarly cast), all mounted on a rectangular white marble plinth with applied anthemion and other mounts on lions paw feet, the replacement movement with platform escapement wound from the front 29cms (11ins) high.
the cast representing the chariot of Apollo, drawn by a swan and attended by twin cherubs, one urging the swan forward, the other at the rear, the clock dial taking the form of the wheel, with cast Arabic numerals, serpent hands and twelve-petalled centre, (the rear wheel similarly cast), all mounted on a rectangular white marble plinth with applied anthemion and other mounts on lions paw feet, the replacement movement with platform escapement wound from the front 29cms (11ins) high.
Footnotes
Provenance: Christie's King Street, London, English Furniture, 26th September 1996, lot 71
. A similar example, the dial signed 'Weeks Museum, Tichborne St' was sold from the collection of the late Sir Martin Wilson, Bt., Sotheby's London 1 November 1991, lot 11.