Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
Lot 136TP
A mid 18th century carved giltwood cartel timepiece James Upjohn & Co, London
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,500
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A mid 18th century carved giltwood cartel timepiece
James Upjohn & Co, London
The case with elaborate foliate carving flanked by a floral urn and asymmetric C-scrolls, foliage and trailing flowers. The 9 inch silvered dial signed across the centre with Roman and Arabic numerals and blued steel hands. The gut fusee movement with verge escapement within A-shaped plates united by four knopped pillars secured to the case via a heavy steel bar screwed through the rear. 90cms (35ins) high.
The case with elaborate foliate carving flanked by a floral urn and asymmetric C-scrolls, foliage and trailing flowers. The 9 inch silvered dial signed across the centre with Roman and Arabic numerals and blued steel hands. The gut fusee movement with verge escapement within A-shaped plates united by four knopped pillars secured to the case via a heavy steel bar screwed through the rear. 90cms (35ins) high.
Footnotes
James Upjohn (fl. 1749–1773) was an 18th-century London clockmaker first recorded working in St Martin Le Grand in 1749. He later moved to Threadneedle Street before establishing himself in Lombard Street in 1765, where many of his clocks were likely produced. Upjohn entered into a partnership with his son, Francis, until his death in 1773. Following this, Francis continued the business under the name James Upjohn & Co in Red Lion Street.
Provenance:
Purchased G.K. Hadfield, 2019.
James Upjohn and Company are recorded as working in London from circa 1773-1795.
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