An unusual George I 30-hour wall clock for the Turkish market, the 12in.sq. dial signed Chr.Gould Londini Fecit on the silvered hour-ring, seperate outer minute-ring each with Turkish chapters, unusual concentric pounced centre, finely pierced blued steel hands, alarm disc in the centre, florally engraved spandrels and similarly engraved border, the massive four baluster pillar movement with anchor escapement, alarm/outside countwheel strike on 22cm. diam. bell above, the movement enclosed with brass dust-covers; contemporary style walnut wall bracket

细节

An unusual George I 30-hour wall clock for the Turkish market, the 12in.sq. dial signed Chr.Gould Londini Fecit on the silvered hour-ring, seperate outer minute-ring each with Turkish chapters, unusual concentric pounced centre, finely pierced blued steel hands, alarm disc in the centre, florally engraved spandrels and similarly engraved border, the massive four baluster pillar movement with anchor escapement, alarm/outside countwheel strike on 22cm. diam. bell above, the movement enclosed with brass dust-covers; contemporary style walnut wall bracket
19in. (48cm.) height of case

来源

Dr. G.T. Gould, M.B., B.S., Sold in these rooms, July 6, 1972 for 340 gns.

出版

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Kenneth Ullyett, In Quest of Clocks, London, 1950, p. 209

拍品专文

When this clock was first sold in these rooms in 1972 it was catalogued as having a correct, if unusual, chapter ring and late 18th. century movement. The buyer of the clock actually wrote to Kenneth Ullyett after the sale asking what he thought of the clock bearing in mind that a virtually indentical example was illustrated in his Quest for Clocks, op. cit.. Ullyett's thoughts were that the clock was of the 'correct' date , ie. circa 1700-1710.
Certainly the worm-driven fly and quality and shape of the hands indicate an early date. The movement is good quality although seemingly a little crude probably because it is larger than the usual Gould workshop pattern and therefore specially made. The dial and split chapter ring are certainly correct although one suspects that the spandrel engraving and pouncing were carried out by Turkish artisans.