A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT MARQUETRY INLAID LONGCASE CLOCK, BY THOMAS TROUT, LONDON, CIRCA 1705
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT MARQUETRY INLAID LONGCASE CLOCK, BY THOMAS TROUT, LONDON, CIRCA 1705Estimate $30,000 – $40,000
the hood with caddy top surmounted by three brown flaming urn finials, over a square glazed door with ebonised columns above a long door with lenticle above a box and stepped plinth base, the front profusely decorated with arabesque marquetry with only two pairs of small birds, the sides with well figured walnut panels, the 14 inch dial with silent chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date operation, with a month duration with counterpased minute hand; 56CM WIDE, 31CM DEEP, 273CM HIGH
NOTE This is a London made clock of 'Palace' quality, other known 14" dial clocks are; two in Hampton Court made by Thomas Tompion for William of Orange and one in Buckingham Palace, also by Tompion
PROVENANCE W.F. Bradshaw