Lot 45
A good second half of the 19th century silver mounted ebonised mantel clock with Presentation Inscription for 1879 Chas.Frodsham & Co., 84 Strand, London, no.1611 2
16 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,220 inc. premium
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A good second half of the 19th century silver mounted ebonised mantel clock with Presentation Inscription for 1879
Chas.Frodsham & Co., 84 Strand, London, no.1611
The architectural case with pediment top fitted with the emblem of the Coldstream Guards and four ball finials, over ten silver side panels depicting battle related accoutrements, each marked T.P for Thomas Parker, the bottom of the case fitted with a commemorative plaque 'To the officers of the Coldstream Guards from Lt.Col The Honble (sic) Lewis Payn Dawnay on his leaving the regiment December 1879.' on raised feet, the 4.25 inch silvered Roman dial with blued-steel spade hands centred by an engraved mask depicting a rose for England, a thistle for Scotland and a three-leaf clover for Ireland, with foliate spandrels. The single chain fusee movement with 5 turned pillars screwed front and back, and Harrison's maintaining power to a train of wheels of six crossings, terminating in a large gilt platform with free sprung blued-steel helical hairspring with a diamond endstone to the large cut and compensated bi-metallic balance and lever escapement. Ticking and sold with an associated winding key. 27.6cms (10 1/2 ins) high (2)
The architectural case with pediment top fitted with the emblem of the Coldstream Guards and four ball finials, over ten silver side panels depicting battle related accoutrements, each marked T.P for Thomas Parker, the bottom of the case fitted with a commemorative plaque 'To the officers of the Coldstream Guards from Lt.Col The Honble (sic) Lewis Payn Dawnay on his leaving the regiment December 1879.' on raised feet, the 4.25 inch silvered Roman dial with blued-steel spade hands centred by an engraved mask depicting a rose for England, a thistle for Scotland and a three-leaf clover for Ireland, with foliate spandrels. The single chain fusee movement with 5 turned pillars screwed front and back, and Harrison's maintaining power to a train of wheels of six crossings, terminating in a large gilt platform with free sprung blued-steel helical hairspring with a diamond endstone to the large cut and compensated bi-metallic balance and lever escapement. Ticking and sold with an associated winding key. 27.6cms (10 1/2 ins) high (2)
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The proceeds from the sale of this lot will go towards the Charitable Funds of the Coldstream Guards.
Lewis Payn Dawnay (1 April 1846 – 30 July 1910) was a Conservative politician and sat in the House of Commons from 1880 till 1892. Second son of William Dawnay, 7th Viscount of Downe, he was educated at Eton and joined the Coldstream Guards reaching the rank of Colonel.
The silver marks on the panels date to London 1879. Thomas Parker registered his mark 'T.P' within a shield in May 1875.
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