A FINE JOHN HALLIFAX STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
Description: A FINE JOHN HALLIFAX STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
The case with canted angles, a plain plinth with later skirting and a breakarch trunk door. The hood with detached columns, ball and spire finial to the breakarch top. The face with silvered dial set against urn and eagle spandrels, with Roman chapter ring and Arabic numerals for the minutes, with foliate engraved half hour markers, signed at bottom John Hallifax Barnsley. The Matted centre with an aperture displaying the age and phase of the moon, with an aperture for the date below, a chamfered cut out for the day of the week and the relevant Roman deity painted underneath. Above, an arch with revolving calendar disk to show the months, their days, the signs of the zodiac, relevant Saints' Days and historical days (e.g. 'Powder Plot'), hours of daylight and the sun's declination. The movement going train with anchor escapement, the striking train with inside counterwheel striking on a single bell.
England, circa 1740-50
Height 251.5cm
PROVENANCE:
Christies London, Important Clocks Including
the Collection of the late Alan Wagstaff Esq, 7 December 2005, lot 42
OTHER NOTES:
John Hallifax (before 1694-1750), born in Lincolnshire, was renowned for the quality of clocks and barometers produced by him in Barnsley, Yorkshire from about 1711. Hallifax was particularly noted for having his barometer cases modelled on the form of his longcase clocks.
John's third son, Sir Thomas Hallifax, was Lord Mayor of London in 1776-77, and sat as a Member of Parliament for Coventry and Aylesbury. He founded Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, since called William & Glyn's Bank, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Condition:
Condition: Hood: small old loss to corner of cornice, small section of old damage to door edge and inside arch, a few losses to lower edge of moulding and cracks to moulding on right hand side, otherwise good condition
Trunk: Crack to lower left hand corner and top edge, the trunk door is not replaced, it is original and the veneer consistent with the rest of the mahogany used in the case.
Movement appears to be in good condition and the owner has had it regularly serviced.
The opinions expressed in the condition reports are a guide only and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Prospective buyers are encouraged to inspect articles for sale at our pre-sale viewing where Leonard Joel staff are available for advice.
Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
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Description: A FINE JOHN HALLIFAX STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
The case with canted angles, a plain plinth with later skirting and a breakarch trunk door. The hood with detached columns, ball and spire finial to the breakarch top. The face with silvered dial set against urn and eagle spandrels, with Roman chapter ring and Arabic numerals for the minutes, with foliate engraved half hour markers, signed at bottom John Hallifax Barnsley. The Matted centre with an aperture displaying the age and phase of the moon, with an aperture for the date below, a chamfered cut out for the day of the week and the relevant Roman deity painted underneath. Above, an arch with revolving calendar disk to show the months, their days, the signs of the zodiac, relevant Saints' Days and historical days (e.g. 'Powder Plot'), hours of daylight and the sun's declination. The movement going train with anchor escapement, the striking train with inside counterwheel striking on a single bell.
England, circa 1740-50
Height 251.5cm
PROVENANCE:
Christies London, Important Clocks Including
the Collection of the late Alan Wagstaff Esq, 7 December 2005, lot 42
OTHER NOTES:
John Hallifax (before 1694-1750), born in Lincolnshire, was renowned for the quality of clocks and barometers produced by him in Barnsley, Yorkshire from about 1711. Hallifax was particularly noted for having his barometer cases modelled on the form of his longcase clocks.
John's third son, Sir Thomas Hallifax, was Lord Mayor of London in 1776-77, and sat as a Member of Parliament for Coventry and Aylesbury. He founded Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, since called William & Glyn's Bank, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Condition:
Condition: Hood: small old loss to corner of cornice, small section of old damage to door edge and inside arch, a few losses to lower edge of moulding and cracks to moulding on right hand side, otherwise good condition
Trunk: Crack to lower left hand corner and top edge, the trunk door is not replaced, it is original and the veneer consistent with the rest of the mahogany used in the case.
Movement appears to be in good condition and the owner has had it regularly serviced.
The opinions expressed in the condition reports are a guide only and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Prospective buyers are encouraged to inspect articles for sale at our pre-sale viewing where Leonard Joel staff are available for advice.
Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
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