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A fine late 17th century olivewood marquetry eight day longcase clock with ten inch dial Christopher Gould, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,800 inc. premium
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A fine late 17th century olivewood marquetry eight day longcase clock with ten inch dial
Christopher Gould, London
The hood cut with a hessian-covered sound aperture to the top, over a pierced fret backed in red silk, raised on an ebonised cornice and spirally twisted columns, the long door with oval glazed lenticle and three panels of bird and flower inlay within boxwood and ebony borders against a ground of oyster-cut olivewood, the base with matching inlaid panel on bun feet. The ten inch square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels framing the signature along the lower edge Chr. Gould, Londini fecit, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with dots at the half-quarter markers and elaborate half-hour markers, the finely matted centre with narrow subsidiary seconds dial over ringed winding squares and a decorated chamfered date aperture. The eight-day weight-driven movement united by five knopped and finned pillars, with anchor escapement and outside count wheel strike on a bell, an L-shaped securing bracket set to the rear of the backplate and locating into a reciprocal bracket in the oak backboard. Ticking and striking, together with a case key, crank winding key, brass-faced pendulum and pair of brass-clad weights. 1.97m (6ft 5.5ns) high.
The hood cut with a hessian-covered sound aperture to the top, over a pierced fret backed in red silk, raised on an ebonised cornice and spirally twisted columns, the long door with oval glazed lenticle and three panels of bird and flower inlay within boxwood and ebony borders against a ground of oyster-cut olivewood, the base with matching inlaid panel on bun feet. The ten inch square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels framing the signature along the lower edge Chr. Gould, Londini fecit, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with dots at the half-quarter markers and elaborate half-hour markers, the finely matted centre with narrow subsidiary seconds dial over ringed winding squares and a decorated chamfered date aperture. The eight-day weight-driven movement united by five knopped and finned pillars, with anchor escapement and outside count wheel strike on a bell, an L-shaped securing bracket set to the rear of the backplate and locating into a reciprocal bracket in the oak backboard. Ticking and striking, together with a case key, crank winding key, brass-faced pendulum and pair of brass-clad weights. 1.97m (6ft 5.5ns) high.
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