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A fine and rare gilt rustic branch tripod timepiece with kettle pendulum and glass domeThomas Cole for E. White, 20 Cockspur St., London Circa 1860
16 October 2019, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$11,950 inc. premium
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A fine and rare gilt rustic branch tripod timepiece with kettle pendulum and glass dome
Thomas Cole for E. White, 20 Cockspur St., London
Date: Circa 1860
Movement: The train between tapered plates joined by four screwed cylindrical pillars, Brocot escapement mounted on subplate above, pendulum in the form of a silvered lidded cauldron with rating nut on the rod, No. 1637 punched on front plate
Dial: Oval, within bent twig bezel, roman chapter ring on scroll engraved ground enclosing central rosette, blued fleur-de-lys hands
Case: Realistically modeled twigs forming a tripod supporting the dial, movement and roller suspension for pendulum, on circular gilt base raised on bun feet, a conforming velvet pad with central applied gilt mock campfire
Size: 20 ½ in (52cm) high excluding dome
Accompaniments: glass dome
Date: Circa 1860
Movement: The train between tapered plates joined by four screwed cylindrical pillars, Brocot escapement mounted on subplate above, pendulum in the form of a silvered lidded cauldron with rating nut on the rod, No. 1637 punched on front plate
Dial: Oval, within bent twig bezel, roman chapter ring on scroll engraved ground enclosing central rosette, blued fleur-de-lys hands
Case: Realistically modeled twigs forming a tripod supporting the dial, movement and roller suspension for pendulum, on circular gilt base raised on bun feet, a conforming velvet pad with central applied gilt mock campfire
Size: 20 ½ in (52cm) high excluding dome
Accompaniments: glass dome
Footnotes
A virtually identical clock, No. 1642 is illustrated and described in J. B. Hawkins, Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking pp 110-111.