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Lot Essay
In his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd. ed., London, 1763, pl. CLXIV, Thomas Chippendale illustrated a longcase clock design on which the upper part is of tête de poupé form and which stands on flattened scroll feet of very similar type to this clock.
The acanthus-wrapped bracket features as a support for a vase in Robert & James Adam's Works in Architecture, London, 1773-8, vol. I., no. I, pl. VIII.
A related giltwood mural clock, supported by a pair of sphynxes standing on a plinth with fluted frieze, flowered tablets and scrolled feet, is in the Court Room of the Bank of England. Its movement is by Edward Tutet of Fenchurch Street (see: R.J. Woods, English Furniture in the Bank of England, London, privately printed, 1972, no. 38).
John Raymond of Change Alley, London, was active 1762-84.
The acanthus-wrapped bracket features as a support for a vase in Robert & James Adam's Works in Architecture, London, 1773-8, vol. I., no. I, pl. VIII.
A related giltwood mural clock, supported by a pair of sphynxes standing on a plinth with fluted frieze, flowered tablets and scrolled feet, is in the Court Room of the Bank of England. Its movement is by Edward Tutet of Fenchurch Street (see: R.J. Woods, English Furniture in the Bank of England, London, privately printed, 1972, no. 38).
John Raymond of Change Alley, London, was active 1762-84.