A FINE GEORGE III BLACK CHINOISERIE JAPANNED TAVERN WALL TIMEPIECE
A FINE GEORGE III BLACK JAPANNED TAVERN WALL TIMEPIECE
BY PHILIP LLOYD, BRISTOL, C.1775
the four pillar weight-driven movement with a five-wheel train, an anchor escapement regulated by a seconds pendulum and tapered plates, the 24 inch wide gilt on black painted shield-shaped Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes and brass spade hands, the lower margin with foliate scroll painted spandrel decoration over the signature 'P. Lloyd, BRISTO'L, the case with lift-out panels to the side apertures over a concave throat moulding and break-arch door decorated in polychrome and gilt with chinoiserie figures within a garden trellis landscape
155cm high, 75cm wide, 20cm deep
Provenance
From the private collection of a professional sportsman and commentator.
Catalogue Note
The life and work of Philip Lloyd is discussed by Brian Loomes in his article Philip Lloyd of Llawhaden and Bristol published in the July 2022 issue of 'clocks' magazine. Loomes notes the Lloyd was a Quaker born in Llawhaden in around 1726 where he set-up business as a clockmaker. He is thought to have married Elizabeth Beverstock at St. Martin's in the Fields, London, 1758, and it is likely that he was already working in Bristol by this time. He was a fine maker producing longcase clocks in the high 'Bristol' style often incorporating lunar and tidal indications and at least one more tavern clock by him is known. He was recorded as a 'Watchmaker of Clifton Parish' on his death in 1783. His widow, Sarah, died at the age of 65 in 1789 and was buried at Love Street, Bristol. The present timepiece is recorded in Gatto, Martin 'The Tavernicus Tavern Clock Archive, Extended Edition' p.178.
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A FINE GEORGE III BLACK JAPANNED TAVERN WALL TIMEPIECE
BY PHILIP LLOYD, BRISTOL, C.1775
the four pillar weight-driven movement with a five-wheel train, an anchor escapement regulated by a seconds pendulum and tapered plates, the 24 inch wide gilt on black painted shield-shaped Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes and brass spade hands, the lower margin with foliate scroll painted spandrel decoration over the signature 'P. Lloyd, BRISTO'L, the case with lift-out panels to the side apertures over a concave throat moulding and break-arch door decorated in polychrome and gilt with chinoiserie figures within a garden trellis landscape
155cm high, 75cm wide, 20cm deep
Provenance
From the private collection of a professional sportsman and commentator.
Catalogue Note
The life and work of Philip Lloyd is discussed by Brian Loomes in his article Philip Lloyd of Llawhaden and Bristol published in the July 2022 issue of 'clocks' magazine. Loomes notes the Lloyd was a Quaker born in Llawhaden in around 1726 where he set-up business as a clockmaker. He is thought to have married Elizabeth Beverstock at St. Martin's in the Fields, London, 1758, and it is likely that he was already working in Bristol by this time. He was a fine maker producing longcase clocks in the high 'Bristol' style often incorporating lunar and tidal indications and at least one more tavern clock by him is known. He was recorded as a 'Watchmaker of Clifton Parish' on his death in 1783. His widow, Sarah, died at the age of 65 in 1789 and was buried at Love Street, Bristol. The present timepiece is recorded in Gatto, Martin 'The Tavernicus Tavern Clock Archive, Extended Edition' p.178.
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