A GEORGE II BLUE JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK

A GEORGE II BLUE JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK

BY CONYERS DUNLOP LONDON, C.1740

the brass eight day movement with four turned pillars and an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the twelve inch arched dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and with a matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with gilt urn spandrels, the arch with dolphin spandrels and a circular signature panel 'Conyers Dunlop London', the case decorated in gilt on a blue ground with chinoiserie, with figures, buildings and trees, the pagoda hood with a Chinese stye fret panel and giltwood cone finials

246cm high

Provenance

Witney Antiques.

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Catalogue Note

Conyers Dunlop was apprenticed in 1725, becoming a member of the Clockmakers Company in 1733. He became Master of the Company in 1758 and died in 1779.