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DONNINGTON PRIORY
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A late Victorian brass mounted quarter chiming bracket clock
Unsigned, late 19th century
The four pillar triple chain fusee movement with rise/fall
regulation, chiming a choice of two melodies for the quarters on
a nest of eight graduated bells and striking the hour on a gong,
the 7.5 inch brass break-arch dial with matted centre within
applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised
fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer
track, the angles with foliate festoon and scroll cast spandrels
beneath arch applied with subsidiary FAST/SLOW dial above
further CHIME/SILENT and WESTMINSTER/CHIME ON EIGHT
BELLS selection dials within conforming cast mounts, the belltop
case with basket of flowers and scroll cast mount to
upstand and pineapple finials, conforming mounts to upper
quadrants of the front door flanked by reeded Corinthian
columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular cast brass
sound frets decorated with foliate scrolls and Arabesques, on
tall moulded base with leaf moulded upper border and lobed
feet, 59cm (23ins) high excluding later top finial.
£1,000-1,500
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A Victorian ebonised and brass mounted quarter chiming
bracket clock
J. and H. Jump, London, circa 1880
The substantial four pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming
the quarters on a nest of eight bells and striking the hour on a
gong, the 8.5 inch brass break-arch dial with matted centre
within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with
Arabic five minutes and winged cherub-head cast spandrels to
angles, beneath arch with subsidiary Strike/Silent and
Chime/Change dials with foliate engraved infill between and
shaped silvered nameplate J. & H. JUMP, LONDON to upper
margin, the single brass-edged pad top break-arch case with
carrying handle above bird inhabited foliage pierced arched
side frets and brass mounted front angles, on cavetto moulded
skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet, 44.5cm(17.5ins) high
excluding handle.
The current lot is by Joseph and Henry Jump who are recorded
in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World,
Volume 2 as working in London 1875-81. The Jump family were
fine makers who succeeded the Vulliamy family, they are
perhaps best known for their complex shagreen mounted
tombstone shaped carriage clocks.
£1,500-2,500
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