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A FINE GREAT EXHIBITION CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL QUARTER STRIKING SKELETON CLOCKJohn Moore and Sons, Clerkenwell, London, no. 12852 Circa 1851
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A FINE GREAT EXHIBITION CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL QUARTER STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
John Moore and Sons, Clerkenwell, London, no. 12852
Date: Circa 1851
Movement: On rectangular onyx base, pierced rosette plates joined by five tapered baluster pillars raised on plinth supports inlaid overall with blue champlevé enamel and engraved brass foliate scrollwork, gilt platform lever escapement, gold three arm balance, twin chain fusees, maintaining power, quarter striking on two coiled gongs
Dial: Chapter ring pierced with enameled flowers and scrolls between applied engraved gilt roman numerals on green enamel reserves, engraved gilt hands
Signed: On shaped plaque below frame
Size: 13 ¾ in (35cm) high
Accompaniments: Giltwood stand
Date: Circa 1851
Movement: On rectangular onyx base, pierced rosette plates joined by five tapered baluster pillars raised on plinth supports inlaid overall with blue champlevé enamel and engraved brass foliate scrollwork, gilt platform lever escapement, gold three arm balance, twin chain fusees, maintaining power, quarter striking on two coiled gongs
Dial: Chapter ring pierced with enameled flowers and scrolls between applied engraved gilt roman numerals on green enamel reserves, engraved gilt hands
Signed: On shaped plaque below frame
Size: 13 ¾ in (35cm) high
Accompaniments: Giltwood stand
Footnotes
Literature:
George Virtue. The Industry of All Nations 1851: The Art Journal illustrated Catalogue, p120 for an almost identical clock.
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition which took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs, exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and by Prince Albert, husband of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria.
Saleroom notices
This clock is the same model as the clock in the Great Exhibition, not the actual clock.
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