13th Jul, 2019 11:00 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Art Sale (Part II)

 
  Lot 644
 

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~ A George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Table Clock, signed J Hawthorn, Newcastle, circa 1770,...

~ A George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Table Clock, signed J Hawthorn, Newcastle, circa 1770, inverted bell top with carrying handle, acorn finials, side viewing windows, bracket feet, 8-inch arched brass dial, engraved scroll decorated dial centre with a date aperture and signed, arch with strike/silent selection, twin fusee movement with a verge escapement, quarter striking on two bells and striking the hours on a further bell, movement backplate with scroll decoration and signed Jno Hawthornthwaite, Newcastle, 54cm high over handle see illustration

Sold for £2,600
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000


 

04.06.19. Case slightly faded in parts, top side of the pediment with mouldings slightly lifting, veneers with cracks in parts, front door with a later escutcheon and later lock plate, back silks are missing to the door frets, back door with one wooden fret broken and missing, the other fret has been replaced, possibly later finials and feet, dial with small scratches and slightly dirty, later wooden movement seatboard, movement backplate with small scratches and is slightly dirty. The movement has a fixed bob pendulum with one door key. Not tested for time keeping. Part of the Eric Morton Clock collection.

 


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Auction: Summer Fine Art Sale (Part II), 13th Jul, 2019

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