Donnington Priory Salerooms

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A rare Queen Anne ebonised thirty-hour longcase clock
Robert Rouch, Bristol, early 18th century
The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor
escapement and 11 inch square brass dial with herringbone border
engraved calendar aperture incorporating pinhole adjustment and
rectangular silvered signature plaque Rich’d Rouch, Bristol to the
matted centre, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring
with Arabic five minutes and stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers,
with original pierced steel hands and gilt female mask and scroll cast
spandrels to angles, the case with silvered wood ball finials and
domed caddy to the blind fret fronted box upstand, above moulded
cornice with conforming fret to frieze and integral columns to hood
door, the trunk with concave throat moulding and lenticle-centred
rectangular door, on plinth base with moulded skirt, 220cm high.
Provenance: the property of a private collector.
Robert Rouch is recorded in Bellchambers, J.K. Somerset
Clockmakers as working in Bristol circa 1725-55, where he is listed
as ‘a fine maker’. A single-handed clock by Dennis Chambers of
Pucklechurch with identical engraved half-hour markers is illustrated
in Darken, Jeff and Hooper, John English 30 Hour Clocks Origin &
Development 1600-1800 on page 145. The calendar has the
unusual feature of pin-hole adjustment for advancing the date at
the end of shorter months, a feature normally associated with the
workshop of Thomas Tompion and his successor George Graham.
The case is a rare survivor and is in good original condition
considering its pine construction, and was made by a cabinet
maker who successfully captured the feel and proportions of a
high-end London case of the period.
£1,500-2,000
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A mahogany eight-day longcase clock
Francis Rowbotham, Hampstead, 18th century
The four-pillar rack and bell striking movement with calendar
aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within an
applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half
hour markers, Arabic five minutes and signed Francis Rowbotham,
HAMPSTEAD to lower edge, the angles with twin cherub and crown
pattern spandrels beneath STRIKE/SILENT dial flanked by dolphin
mounts to arch, now in a case with dentil cornice to the break-arch
pediment above fluted pilasters to hood, break-arch trunk door and
plinth base with moulded skirt 205cm high.
£900-1,100
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A George III mahogany eight-day longcase clock
William Peterson, London, late 18th century
The five-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch single
sheet brass break-arch Roman numeral dial with subsidiary
seconds and calendar dials and signed W’m Peterson, London to
centre within chapter ring with Arabic five minute outer track, and
foliate spray engraved lower spandrels, the arch with
STRIKE/SILENT dial flanked by festoon decoration continuing down
to the upper spandrels, the case with reduced pagoda pediment
above break-arch trunk door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter
columns, on shaped raised panel fronted plinth base with shallow
moulded skirt (generally distressed) 211cm high.
£1,000-1,500
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