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A rare late 17th century provincial marquetry longcase clock Samuel Tinham, New Sarum, (Salisbury)
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,562.50 inc. premium
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A rare late 17th century provincial marquetry longcase clock
Samuel Tinham, New Sarum, (Salisbury)
The case with overhanging cornice supported on spirally twisted columns, the long trunk door framed by an inlaid shaded border and inlaid with three marquetry panels of flowers and birds on an ebony ground, with circular lenticle, resting on an inlaid base and double apron, the 10 inch dial with engraved foliage between large winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring (signed between VII and V 'Samuel Tinham New Sarum fecit) with narrow minute band and quarter-hour track decorated with dots, the finely matted centre with small subsidiary seconds dial, rose-engraved centre and decorated date aperture, the movement with six knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike on the bell, with winding and case key. 1.96m (6ft 5ins) high.
The case with overhanging cornice supported on spirally twisted columns, the long trunk door framed by an inlaid shaded border and inlaid with three marquetry panels of flowers and birds on an ebony ground, with circular lenticle, resting on an inlaid base and double apron, the 10 inch dial with engraved foliage between large winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring (signed between VII and V 'Samuel Tinham New Sarum fecit) with narrow minute band and quarter-hour track decorated with dots, the finely matted centre with small subsidiary seconds dial, rose-engraved centre and decorated date aperture, the movement with six knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike on the bell, with winding and case key. 1.96m (6ft 5ins) high.
Footnotes
Provenance: Purchased by the vendors father from Norman Taylor Antiques, Pitenween in 1980. A lantern clock by this maker was sold in these rooms the 13 June 2006, lot 12. Samuel Tinham is listed as working in New Sarum, Wiltshire in the late 17th century. He may have been a pewterer. The movement displays several individual touches; each of the steel arbors is decorated with engraved bands and the collets are particularly well finished.