James Stratton
Director
Lot 109
A fine mid-18th century English miniature numbered lantern clock made for the Turkish market Thomas Prior, London, no.1526
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
A fine mid-18th century English miniature numbered lantern clock made for the Turkish market
Thomas Prior, London, no.1526
Surmounted by a turned finial above the strapped bell set in four further finials, the sides with pierced and engraved frets, the frame with four turned columns and raised on four ball feet. The 4-inch break-arch brass dial with Turkish numerals and lozenge half-hour markers, the finely matted centre framed by cast brass spandrels, signed on a brass cartouche Thomas Prior, London, No.1526, with blued steel hands (the minute hand a later replacement). The two-train 30-hour movement with external countwheel, powered by a single weight, with verge escapement and short bob pendulum, striking the hours on the bell above. 22cms (8.75ins) high.
Surmounted by a turned finial above the strapped bell set in four further finials, the sides with pierced and engraved frets, the frame with four turned columns and raised on four ball feet. The 4-inch break-arch brass dial with Turkish numerals and lozenge half-hour markers, the finely matted centre framed by cast brass spandrels, signed on a brass cartouche Thomas Prior, London, No.1526, with blued steel hands (the minute hand a later replacement). The two-train 30-hour movement with external countwheel, powered by a single weight, with verge escapement and short bob pendulum, striking the hours on the bell above. 22cms (8.75ins) high.