Lot 67*
A mid 19th century bronzed Carriage clock with underslung English lever platform escapement Williamson, Royal Exchange, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,760 inc. premium
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A mid 19th century bronzed Carriage clock with underslung English lever platform escapement
Williamson, Royal Exchange, London
Surmounted by a gilt facetted handle on scroll uprights set on a glazed raised section over a moulded cornice, glazed sides and doors, the front corners canted and terminating in upright scrolls to a stepped plinth on gilt button feet. The 3-inch arched gilt dial signed in a polished reserve Williamson, Royal Exchange, London over the Roman chapter ring and blued steel hands all set against a richly decorated panel featuring flowers, a bird, and a butterfly within foliate scrolls and tendrils. The twin chain fusee movement with underslung jewelled English lever platform escapement benefitting from Harrison's maintaining power. Rack striking on a circular section blued steel coiled gong. Ticking, striking and repeating with two case keys and a winding key. 25cm (9.5 in) high
Surmounted by a gilt facetted handle on scroll uprights set on a glazed raised section over a moulded cornice, glazed sides and doors, the front corners canted and terminating in upright scrolls to a stepped plinth on gilt button feet. The 3-inch arched gilt dial signed in a polished reserve Williamson, Royal Exchange, London over the Roman chapter ring and blued steel hands all set against a richly decorated panel featuring flowers, a bird, and a butterfly within foliate scrolls and tendrils. The twin chain fusee movement with underslung jewelled English lever platform escapement benefitting from Harrison's maintaining power. Rack striking on a circular section blued steel coiled gong. Ticking, striking and repeating with two case keys and a winding key. 25cm (9.5 in) high
Footnotes
Christopher Williamson was working at the Royal Exchange between 1821-1844. A giant carriage clock, with a similar aesthetic to the current carriage clock, is known to be inscribed on the back plate 'Craighead & Webb late C. Williamson, Royal Exchange, LONDON'.
Craighead & Webb are listed as working in London in either 1836 or 1851 through to 1863, and it seems that in the mid-1840's they were employed in finishing one of Williamson's clocks, which for reasons unknown he was unable to finish. That he had been working on a clock upon his death could suggest that he was relatively young when he died.
A rosewood travelling clock by Williamson was sold in these rooms in 15 December 2004, Lot 96.
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