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A fine and rare early 18th century faux tortoiseshell japanned longcase clock Benjamin Broadhead, London
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,187.50 inc. premium
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A fine and rare early 18th century faux tortoiseshell japanned longcase clock
Benjamin Broadhead, London
The caddy top over a pierced fretwork cornice raised on brass-mounted Doric columns over a long trunk door with central lenticle flanked by gilt chinoiserie figures and floral groups, the base with matching decoration featuring birds on a shore, the 12 inch brass dial with wheatear border and early form of shallow arch containing the subsidiary strike/silent dial (most unusually engraved with a 'Green Man' mask), framed by foliage over Indian mask spandrels, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and blued steel hands, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds and chamfered date aperture, signed 'B. Broadhead, Londini Fecit' to the centre within a shaped foliate cartouche, the five pillar weight-driven movement with anchor escapement rack striking on a bell. 250cms (8ft 2.5ins) high.
The caddy top over a pierced fretwork cornice raised on brass-mounted Doric columns over a long trunk door with central lenticle flanked by gilt chinoiserie figures and floral groups, the base with matching decoration featuring birds on a shore, the 12 inch brass dial with wheatear border and early form of shallow arch containing the subsidiary strike/silent dial (most unusually engraved with a 'Green Man' mask), framed by foliage over Indian mask spandrels, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and blued steel hands, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds and chamfered date aperture, signed 'B. Broadhead, Londini Fecit' to the centre within a shaped foliate cartouche, the five pillar weight-driven movement with anchor escapement rack striking on a bell. 250cms (8ft 2.5ins) high.
Footnotes
Benjamin Broadhead was apprenticed to William Speakman in 1702 and free of the Clockmakers Company in 1709. The dial of this clock is rare for London work of the period - the Green Man mask in the arch is notable. The enlarged signature cartouche to the centre echoes a longcase by Jonathan Puller in the Wetherfield collection.