James Stratton
Director
Lot 106*
A good third quarter of the 18th century ebonised quarter chiming table clock with elaborate side panels, William Freeman, London
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
A good third quarter of the 18th century ebonised quarter chiming table clock with elaborate side panels,
William Freeman, London
Surmounted by five flaming urn finals and pierced mounts to the bell top over canted corners set with caryatid mounts terminating in a brass-bound base on feathered scroll feet, each side with a handle and elaborate silk-backed cast sound frets. The 8 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary flanked by scroll spandrels, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring around a matted centre and shaped recessed signature plaque and chamfered date aperture. The substantial triple chain fusee movement with knopped pillars, knife-edge verge escapement and rack strike for the hours on a bell, the quarter chiming train sounding every fifteen minutes on a run of eight graduated bells and hammers. The engraved backplate depicting a Chinese pagoda within flowing foliate scrolls and a single line border. Together with a door key. Ticking, striking and chiming. Quarter repeat operational. 59cms (23.25ins) high.
Surmounted by five flaming urn finals and pierced mounts to the bell top over canted corners set with caryatid mounts terminating in a brass-bound base on feathered scroll feet, each side with a handle and elaborate silk-backed cast sound frets. The 8 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary flanked by scroll spandrels, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring around a matted centre and shaped recessed signature plaque and chamfered date aperture. The substantial triple chain fusee movement with knopped pillars, knife-edge verge escapement and rack strike for the hours on a bell, the quarter chiming train sounding every fifteen minutes on a run of eight graduated bells and hammers. The engraved backplate depicting a Chinese pagoda within flowing foliate scrolls and a single line border. Together with a door key. Ticking, striking and chiming. Quarter repeat operational. 59cms (23.25ins) high.