Lot 32
AN EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEATSigned William Hughes, Holborn, London Fourth quarter 18th century
3 June 2021, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$5,000 - US$7,000
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AN EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
Signed William Hughes, Holborn, London
Date: Fourth quarter 18th century
Movement: Rectangular plates, engraved with foliate scrolls enclosing signature cartouche, five knopped pillars, twin fusees with wire lines, verge escapement with knife edge suspended bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell mounted above the case, pull quarter repeat on six bells
Dial: Brass with gilt scroll spandrels, silvered strike/silent dial in the arch, silvered roman chapter ring enclosing date, mock pendulum and silvered signature plaque in the matted center, scroll hands
Case: Bell top with brass carrying handle flanked by bud finials, glazed side panels with gilt fillets, on molded base.
Size: 17 ½ in (44cm) high including handle
Date: Fourth quarter 18th century
Movement: Rectangular plates, engraved with foliate scrolls enclosing signature cartouche, five knopped pillars, twin fusees with wire lines, verge escapement with knife edge suspended bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell mounted above the case, pull quarter repeat on six bells
Dial: Brass with gilt scroll spandrels, silvered strike/silent dial in the arch, silvered roman chapter ring enclosing date, mock pendulum and silvered signature plaque in the matted center, scroll hands
Case: Bell top with brass carrying handle flanked by bud finials, glazed side panels with gilt fillets, on molded base.
Size: 17 ½ in (44cm) high including handle
Footnotes
William Hughes worked at 119 High Holborn from 1755-1792. In 1763 he took Thomas Earnshaw as an apprentice, who eventually took over his premises when Hughes died.
Illustrated in Dzik, Sunny. Engraving on English Table Clocks, 1660-1800 fig. H21-2
