A QUEEN ANNE CREAM AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED TABLE CLOCK, BY PETER WALKER, CIRCA 1710
The inverted bell top surmounted by a foliate cast brass handle above a gallery of pierced giltwood sound frets flanked by foliate cast urn finials, the square gilt-brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, sword hilt half and half-quarter hour markers, the movement with five ring turned pillars, twin fusees and spring barrels with gut lines, the strike train with hour strike on a bell, the going train with knife-edge verge escapement and well pierced and engraved backcock, pull quarter repeat on four bells via four hammers; the backplate engraved with scrolling foliage and signed 'Peter Walker London'
231⁄4 in. (59.1 cm.) high, 131⁄2 in. (34.3 cm.) wide, 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
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Acquired from Ronald Phillips, London.
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The inverted bell top surmounted by a foliate cast brass handle above a gallery of pierced giltwood sound frets flanked by foliate cast urn finials, the square gilt-brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, sword hilt half and half-quarter hour markers, the movement with five ring turned pillars, twin fusees and spring barrels with gut lines, the strike train with hour strike on a bell, the going train with knife-edge verge escapement and well pierced and engraved backcock, pull quarter repeat on four bells via four hammers; the backplate engraved with scrolling foliage and signed 'Peter Walker London'
231⁄4 in. (59.1 cm.) high, 131⁄2 in. (34.3 cm.) wide, 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Provenance
Acquired from Ronald Phillips, London.
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