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A late 18th / early 19th century ormolu-mounted red tortoiseshell table clock John Grant, Fleet Street, London, No. 133 3
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£30,000 - £50,000
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A late 18th / early 19th century ormolu-mounted red tortoiseshell table clock
John Grant, Fleet Street, London, No. 133
Surmounted by an oval cupola set with shaped ormolu panels between foliate scrolls over outswept shaped pilasters topped by urn finials on a stepped base on elaborate leaf feet, the arched brass 5.5 inch dial set with enamel subsidiary dials for alarm and rise-and-fall regulation flanking a strike/not strike lever, over the signed Roman and Arabic dial with gilt hands and applied scroll spandrels, the twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with deadbeat escapement, rack striking on a bell, the alarm train wound independently from the side and striking the main bell with a smaller hammer. Ticking and striking, repeat and alarm functioning. Together with a case key and an associated winding key. 55cms (21 1/2ins) high (3)
Surmounted by an oval cupola set with shaped ormolu panels between foliate scrolls over outswept shaped pilasters topped by urn finials on a stepped base on elaborate leaf feet, the arched brass 5.5 inch dial set with enamel subsidiary dials for alarm and rise-and-fall regulation flanking a strike/not strike lever, over the signed Roman and Arabic dial with gilt hands and applied scroll spandrels, the twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with deadbeat escapement, rack striking on a bell, the alarm train wound independently from the side and striking the main bell with a smaller hammer. Ticking and striking, repeat and alarm functioning. Together with a case key and an associated winding key. 55cms (21 1/2ins) high (3)
Footnotes
John Grant of Fleet Street was active from 1781 and died in 1810.
A similar style tortoiseshell case with an oval top can be found in the British Royal Collection. And is illustrated in Royal Clocks, by Cedric Jagger, 1983, p.94.
Provenance:
Partridge Fine Arts.