Donnington Priory Salerooms

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A George III small pantry timepiece
Edward Smith, Newbury, circa 1800
The thirty-hour four-pillar movement with verge escapement
and 4.5 inch single-sheet brass Roman numeral break-arch
dial signed EDW’D SMITH, NEWBURY to arch, now in a
simple stained pine box-form case, (lacking alarm, later
hands), 16cm high.
£400-600
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A Dutch marquetry Hague clock
Unsigned, late 17th century and later
The movement with four baluster-turned pillars pinned through
the backplate, the extant single tandem spring drum with two
great wheels driving both going and striking trains with outside
countwheel, elaborate pierced steel gate and later anchor
escapement, (the quarter train lacking), the movement now
suspended from a 13.75 inch square white painted Roman
numeral dial hinged to the case on the left hand side, with
elaborate pierced and engraved brass hands and four-seasons
cast spandrels, the pedimented case with parquetry-star behind
movement to interior, and foliate trail decorated tympanium
above conforming shallow entablature and swollen Corinthian
columns with rectangular plinths flanking dial to exterior, the rear
with original iron hanging loops, 54cm high.
The movement of the current lot, although incomplete, basically
dates to around 1680. The tandem barrel was often utilised by
Dutch makers at this period but was phased out in favour of the
fusee by the last decade of the century. The original dial would
have been velvet covered and applied with a pierced brass
chapter ring and decorative spandrels. The rear ‘box’ of the
case may possibly be original to the movement and retains early
features such as the iron hanging loops and parquetry star
panel to the interior. The current white painted dial and ‘facade’
of the case probably date to the end of the 18th century.
£500-700
01635 553553
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A hooded wall clock with eight inch dial
Thomas Guluan, Horsemonden circa 1730, the case
later
The 30-hour posted countwheel bell-striking movement
with anchor escapement and 8 inch square brass dial
signed Thos. Guluan, Horsemonden to the foliate-scroll
engraved centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral
chapter ring with cruciform half-hour markers and mask
and scroll cast spandrels to angles, now in a shallow-arch
pedimented case with foliate pierced fret above integral
columns to hood with shaped apron and side sections to
the bracket beneath, 53cm high.
£800-1,200
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