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A rare early 19th century brass mounted Partridgewood table clock with pull repeat John Thwaites, London No. 4589
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,048 inc. premium
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A rare early 19th century brass mounted Partridgewood table clock with pull repeat
John Thwaites, London No. 4589
The lancet case with brass-bound arch supported on three-quarter columns, the sides with lion mask handles and lancet shaped apertures with architectural frets backed in red silk, inlaid to the front with a running border and shaped panel on a partridge wood ground front, the plinth with inlaid Greek Key design on ball feet.
The 6.75inch refreshed painted Roman dial signed John Thwaites London below typical delicately pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and an anchor escapement, the backplate with engraved swag border, the front plate stamped Thwaites at the top and 4589 in the lower right corner. Ticking and repeating with case key.
43cms (16.5ins) high
The lancet case with brass-bound arch supported on three-quarter columns, the sides with lion mask handles and lancet shaped apertures with architectural frets backed in red silk, inlaid to the front with a running border and shaped panel on a partridge wood ground front, the plinth with inlaid Greek Key design on ball feet.
The 6.75inch refreshed painted Roman dial signed John Thwaites London below typical delicately pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and an anchor escapement, the backplate with engraved swag border, the front plate stamped Thwaites at the top and 4589 in the lower right corner. Ticking and repeating with case key.
43cms (16.5ins) high
Footnotes
Based on the numbering of the front plate, the movement was manufactured in 1810.