A GEORGE ETHERINGTON TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK
Description: A GEORGE ETHERINGTON TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK
Basket top form with silver handle, the door side bezel with silver repoussé swag and floral fretwork, the sides with silver floral and figural sound frets backed with dark crimson silk. Sat on silver claw feet. The square brass face incorporating a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring for hours and minutes, with signature to base. Subsidiary strike/silent setting dial to the upper right, with a regulation dial to the upper left. The matted centre with winding squares, sparsely decorated date aperture and pendulum aperature for bob. Cherub spandrels to edges. The gilt movement backplate signed George Etherington London within medallion, the rest covered with engraved floral motifs. A catch claw for keeping the pendulum during travel. Verge escapement rack striking on a bell. Cord pull repeating the quarters on three nested bells.
Circa 1690-1695.
Height: 31cm
PROVENANCE:
G. E. Marsh Antique Clocks, Winchester, United Kingdom
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above
OTHER NOTES:
The false pendulum bob aperture (attached to the verge staff) to the face was popular between 1690 and 1695. The cherub spandrels were common on bracket clock faces until 1690.
Condition:
Condition: Small section of tortoiseshell missing rear left corner, tiny point missing on front left corner, separation of veneer on front right corner, front right foot is loose and the corner angle has separated slightly, silvered panels in good condition, handle to top has slight dent to one side, movement working but not tested for timekeeping.
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 GEORGE ETHERINGTON TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK
Basket top form with silver handle, the door side bezel with silver repoussé swag and floral fretwork, the sides with silver floral and figural sound frets backed with dark crimson silk. Sat on silver claw feet. The square brass face incorporating a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring for hours and minutes, with signature to base. Subsidiary strike/silent setting dial to the upper right, with a regulation dial to the upper left. The matted centre with winding squares, sparsely decorated date aperture and pendulum aperature for bob. Cherub spandrels to edges. The gilt movement backplate signed George Etherington London within medallion, the rest covered with engraved floral motifs. A catch claw for keeping the pendulum during travel. Verge escapement rack striking on a bell. Cord pull repeating the quarters on three nested bells.
Circa 1690-1695.
Height: 31cm
PROVENANCE:
G. E. Marsh Antique Clocks, Winchester, United Kingdom
The Collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above
OTHER NOTES:
The false pendulum bob aperture (attached to the verge staff) to the face was popular between 1690 and 1695. The cherub spandrels were common on bracket clock faces until 1690.
Condition:
Condition: Small section of tortoiseshell missing rear left corner, tiny point missing on front left corner, separation of veneer on front right corner, front right foot is loose and the corner angle has separated slightly, silvered panels in good condition, handle to top has slight dent to one side, movement working but not tested for timekeeping.
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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