Furniture, Works of Art, Carpets & Clocks - including the Homm Collection of Carpets Part One - 15th January 2025
Lot 499
A GEORGE III JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £756
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
A GEORGE III JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK
MID-18TH CENTURY
the brass eight day movement with four knopped pillars, anchor escapement and striking on a bell, on a 13 inch painted dial, the chapter ring with Arabic numerals surrounding a centre with chinoiserie actors on a stage, a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, inside shell painted spandrels and beneath an arch with a gilt building in a landscape and beneath a foliate border, the case with an arched door and turned and gilt columns on a trunk with a rectangular door with chinoiserie scenes in low relief and a circular lenticle and a pedestal base, the whole with gilt chinoiserie decoration on a faux tortoiseshell ground, with two weights and a pendulum
226.5cm high