21st Mar, 2018 10:00

European Works of Art & Clocks
 
Lot 255
 

AN 18TH CENTURY LANTERN CLOCK BY GEORGE CLARKE, LONDON  the case with strapped bell flanked by pierced scrolling frets, with urn finials to the corners and above the bell, on four ball feet, the 8" brass break-arch dial with gilt urn and foliage spandrels, with silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and silvered boss to the arch signed 'Geo Clarke / Leaden Hall Street  / London', the weight driven striking movement with verge escapement and short pendulum, with weight,  37cm high  George Clarke is recorded as working in Leadenhall Street from 1727, he specialised in clocks for the Eastern and Turkish Markets and was last recorded in 1787.
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

 

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