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German 18th C. Gilt Wood Figural Table Clock
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Circa 1780, painted and carved gilt wood case, two urn finials over columns with gilt metal accents. Carved figural seated soldier, silver gilt carved decoration at base. White enamel dial, Arabic and Roman numerals, unmarked. Three month time and strike movement, missing strand suspended pendulum. Overall 18.75" h. x 13.5" x 8.25". Pictured page 53, Az-Ido-Uria – Az Orak Nagykonyve.
A French figural gilt-bronze table clock
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First-Quarter 20th Century
Movement signed: Samuel Marti, Medaille D'or Paris 1900
Surmounted by a Maenad holding grapes flanked by putti over a clock face set with a white porcelain dial with Roman numeral hour markers and Arabic numeral sub-seconds over a white marble base raised on toupie feet
15.5" H x 11.25" W x 7.75" D
A miniature olive-wood veneered striking table clock
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A miniature olive-wood veneered striking table clock
The movement signed for Henricus Jones, Londini. Probably late 19th/early 20th century.
The case with caddy top surmounted by a brass knopped handle and side mounts over a plain moulded cornice and rectangular glazed side panels on a stepped base with ebonised section on bun feet (the rear door glazed and veneered on all sides of the frame). The 4.75 inch square dial with engraved foliage to each corner, framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with narrow Arabic five-minute track interspersed with typical dots, around dotted trefoil half hour markers, finely matted centre with chamfered date aperture and blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with thick plates united by three square-section pillars and two knopped and finned pillars, all pinned to the frontplate, the going train with knife edge verge escapement, the strike train with outside countwheel, signed in a lambrequin 'Henricus Jones Londini', with engraved border, and clicks with stopwork mounted on the backplate. Sold with two small case keys. 29cms (11ins) high (4)
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Literature: Dawson, G.P., Drover, C.B., Parkes, D.W. (1982) Early English Clocks. Woodbridge: ACC, plate 611 where it is dated to circa 1680 along with the comment that the cross-grain mouldings were modified to accommodate the use of olivewood.
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A Horizontal Table Clock with Box and Cover, pres. 18th
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Silver (tested), brass and white metal, cast, gold-plated and patinated, steel, glass, wood, leather, embossed, textile, paper
Silesia, Wroclaw, 18th century
Johannes Pawlyczeck  clockmaker, active in Wroclaw
Dial inscribed ÂFecit Johannes Pawlyczeck BreslauÂ; plate signed ÂJoh. Pawlyczeck BreslauÂ
Hexagonal brass movement, spring driven with barrel, fuse and chain, verge escapement
Striking the full hour on a below sitting bell; alarm clock
Chapter ring with Roman hour-markers, outer and inner Arabic minutes, blued hands
Calendar function, strike-silent function, moon phases, repetition function
Hexagonal case on six silver semis-spherical feet, hexagonally glazed, corners decorated with stylized fish
Original hexagonal box and cover with hinge and lock, paper and textile interior lining, outer leather cover, embossing patterns on the lid
Dimensions of table clock: c. 10.2 x 14.2 x 12 cm
Dimensions of box and cover: c. 13.2 x 16.5 x 15.5 cm
Fully functional; very good age-related condition
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 10,000 Euro
This hexagonal horizontal table clock from Wroclaw is a true masterpiece of its kind. Clocks like these were mostly manufactured for rich councilmen or tradesmen, which then adorned their writing desks as representative object of prestige. At that time, clocks were regarded as very special technical works of wonder that held an astounding fascination, the six lateral windows here enable a view on the movement.
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The fascinating timepiece is in a very good condition consistent with age. The surfaces of the case are rubbed in places. Some applications are slightly loose. Lock and hinge of the box and cover are presumably renewed. The interior lining is heavily worn and the outer leather cover is partially heavily rubbed. A winding key is not included. The dimensions of the table clock measure c. 10.2 x 14.2 x 12 cm, the dimensions of box and cover are c. 13.2 x 16.5 x 15.5 cm. During in house testing, the clock was fully functional; no guarantee on long-term precision and regularity.
A late 18th century EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH
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A late 18th century EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
Signed William Hughes, Holborn, London
The case surmounted by a caddy top with brass carrying handle flanked by bud finials, glazed side panels with gilt fillets, on a moulded base. The brass dial with gilt scroll spandrels, silvered strike/silent dial in the arch, silvered Roman chapter ring enclosing date, mock pendulum and silvered signature plaque in the matted centre, with scroll hands. The movement with rectangular plates, engraved with foliate scrolls enclosing signature cartouche, five knopped pillars, twin fusees with wire lines, verge escapement with knife edge suspended bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell mounted above the case with pull quarter repeat on six bells.
Size: 17 ½ in (44cm) high including handle.
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William Hughes worked at 119 High Holborn from 1755-1792. In 1763 he took Thomas Earnshaw as an apprentice, who eventually took over his premises when Hughes died.
Illustrated in Dzik, Sunny. Engraving on English Table Clocks, 1660-1800 fig. H21-2
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A rare early 18th century ebony table clock
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A rare early 18th century ebony table clock
Charles Goode, London
Surmounted by a bold 'Quare-style' double-S scroll handle on a caddy top over an intricately moulded cornice and two long glazed side panels to a moulded base and block feet, the front door with highly unusual ogee bolection-moulded frame. The rectangular dial measuring 7.75 ins x 7ins signed upper centre Charles Goode, LONDON over a strike/not strike lever framed by foliate and strapwork spandrels to the corners, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and meeting-arrowhead half hour markers, the finely matted centre displaying the decorated mock pendulum aperture, conforming date aperture and ringed winding squares, with finely pierced original hands. The twin gut fusee movement (now wire) now converted to anchor escapement with internal rack strike on the bell, the plates united by five knopped and ringed pillars (the centre latched), the backplate boldly engraved with interlaced foliate scrolls centred by the repeat signature within a shaped foliate cartouche below a winged cherubs head. 43cms (17ins) high
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Another table clock by Goode with an ogee bolection-moulded door was sold Christies London, 'Magnificent Clocks', 15/9/2004, lot 21, with a quarter chiming movement, the hammer price was £30,000.
Charles Goode was a watchmaker who was made a Free Brother in the Clockmaker's Company in September 1686. He did not sign the 1697 oath roll of allegiance for any City Company. He died in 1730.
compare with others in DDP – the christies one was plates 580-583..
Early 18th Century Polish Repeater Table Clock by
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Polish Repeater Table Clock by Marcus Mayr
early 18th century
the sterling silver dial on brass with gold and silver plated base, one-day double fusee movement with verge escapement, hour strike on a bell, and repeat function, dial marked "Mayr, Lublin," movement signed "Marcus Mayr, Lubin, Fecit"
3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches