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A very fine mid-18th century burr walnut longcase clock John Ellicott, London
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £27,562.50 inc. premium
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A very fine mid-18th century burr walnut longcase clock
John Ellicott, London
The case veneered all over in burr walnut of exceptional figuring, surmounted by a pair of typical flambe finials to the pagoda, with silk-backed pierced wooden fret to the cornice raised on brass-mounted freestanding stop fluted Doric columns over a long door with moulded edge flanked by canted front angles, inlaid with boxwood stringing, the base with canted front angles and shaped moulded panel, with stellar inlay to the upper quadrants and raised on a double plinth base with shaped apron, the 12 inch arched brass dial with strike silent subsidiary over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with large subsidiary seconds dial and chamfered date aperture, with original pierced steel hands, the weight driven movement with substantial plates united by unusual knopped pillars, with deadbeat escapement and rack striking on a bell. Together with a pendulum and pair of brass weights.
2.75m (9ft) high
The case veneered all over in burr walnut of exceptional figuring, surmounted by a pair of typical flambe finials to the pagoda, with silk-backed pierced wooden fret to the cornice raised on brass-mounted freestanding stop fluted Doric columns over a long door with moulded edge flanked by canted front angles, inlaid with boxwood stringing, the base with canted front angles and shaped moulded panel, with stellar inlay to the upper quadrants and raised on a double plinth base with shaped apron, the 12 inch arched brass dial with strike silent subsidiary over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with large subsidiary seconds dial and chamfered date aperture, with original pierced steel hands, the weight driven movement with substantial plates united by unusual knopped pillars, with deadbeat escapement and rack striking on a bell. Together with a pendulum and pair of brass weights.
2.75m (9ft) high
Footnotes
This exceptional longcase was the pinnacle of Ellicott's case design in the mid 18th century. An almost identical example was donated by him to the Foundling Hospital in 1750 and remains in their care to this day.
The Foundling hospital was initiated by Thomas Coram, and opened in 1741; it soon attracted many benefactors, particularly from the art world, indeed Hogarth and Handel both donated works and served as hospital Governors. Ellicott served as Governor from 1759.