James Stratton
Director
Lot 43
A late 18th century mahogany three pad striking table clock William Nicoll, London
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,500 - £3,500
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
A late 18th century mahogany three pad striking table clock
William Nicoll, London
The case surmounted by a brass carrying handle over three brass-mounted pads and a moulded top, the front with brass inlay to the sides and a brass sight ring around the dial, the sides with simple glazed observation windows, all terminating in a moulded base and raised on four brass ogee feet. The 6.75-inch silvered brass dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the centre signed William Nicoll, London, with a simple calendar aperture and blued steel hands; the break arch with a separate strike/silent subsidiary dial. The double gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and verge escapement with short bob pendulum, secured by an intricately engraved pendulum lock, striking the hours on a large bell mounted above the movement. The backplate finely engraved with neoclassical scenes centred by a classical urn. Currently ticking and striking. 46cms (18ins) high.
The case surmounted by a brass carrying handle over three brass-mounted pads and a moulded top, the front with brass inlay to the sides and a brass sight ring around the dial, the sides with simple glazed observation windows, all terminating in a moulded base and raised on four brass ogee feet. The 6.75-inch silvered brass dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the centre signed William Nicoll, London, with a simple calendar aperture and blued steel hands; the break arch with a separate strike/silent subsidiary dial. The double gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and verge escapement with short bob pendulum, secured by an intricately engraved pendulum lock, striking the hours on a large bell mounted above the movement. The backplate finely engraved with neoclassical scenes centred by a classical urn. Currently ticking and striking. 46cms (18ins) high.
Footnotes
The above lot had previously been in the ownership of the vendor's father since around 1974, having been received as a bequest from a grateful client.