James Stratton
Director
Lot 19
A late 17th century and later gilt brass mounted ebony and ebonised table clockChristopher Gould, London, with high quality 19th century replacement movement
22 June 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,295 inc. premium
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A late 17th century and later gilt brass mounted ebony and ebonised table clock
Christopher Gould, London, with high quality 19th century replacement movement
The case with later inverted bell top, four finials and a bold handle over rectangular side panels containing cast brass mounts, the front door with silk-backed sound fret and cast escutcheons, the 7 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with minute and quarter-hour tracks, the matted centre with curved (now filled and engraved) mock pendulum aperture, and decorated chamfered date aperture, the replacement movement of substantial construction, with thick plates united by five heavy turned pillars, twin gut fusees, the strike train with brass tear-drop shaped hammer head acting on a bell, the going train with anchor escapement. Ticking and striking, with pendulum and two case keys. 41cms (16ins) high
The case with later inverted bell top, four finials and a bold handle over rectangular side panels containing cast brass mounts, the front door with silk-backed sound fret and cast escutcheons, the 7 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with minute and quarter-hour tracks, the matted centre with curved (now filled and engraved) mock pendulum aperture, and decorated chamfered date aperture, the replacement movement of substantial construction, with thick plates united by five heavy turned pillars, twin gut fusees, the strike train with brass tear-drop shaped hammer head acting on a bell, the going train with anchor escapement. Ticking and striking, with pendulum and two case keys. 41cms (16ins) high
Footnotes
Christopher Gould was a maker of great repute who was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1682. He is perhaps best known for the exquisite inlaid cases that so many of his clocks inhabit. In the 19th century it was not unheard of for clockmakers to replace entire movements rather than attempt to restore them. The movement of the current lot is better than many of the time, with good brass work and well finished trains. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy is perhaps best known for this practice of substitution, famously exchanging the movement from a Thomas Tompion table clock reputedly presented by King Charles II to Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. He later presented the movement to the Institute of Civil Engineers where it still resides, displayed in a glass case.
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