Property from a Private English Country House Collection (Lots 110-119)
A George III red and gilt japanned quarter chiming table clock, Charles Cabrier, London, circa 1760
Auction Closed
May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
8-inch dial with rococo spandrels, matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures, signed on a recessed silvered plaque Charles Cabrier, London, strike/silent dial in the arch, the three train fusee movement with seven knopped pillars, trip repeat striking on a bell and quarter chiming on a nest of eight bells, the backplate engraved with foliate scrolls and signed in a reserve as the dial, the case with bell top and pineapple finials above panels of foliate fretwork, side handles, caryatid corner mounts to all four corners, the moulded base with pierced apron and gilt foliate scroll feet, the whole decorated in gilt with chinoiseries and trellis panels on a scarlet ground,
69cm. 27¼in. high
The Collection of Henry W. Rubin and thence by descent.
International Art Treasures Exhibition, Bath Assembly Rooms, 1973, Exhibit No. 139
There have been three London clockmakers by the name of Charles Cabrier. Father (I), son (II) and grandson (III). The Cabrier family were Huguenots from Lyon in France where Charles (I) was born. Following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685, the Cabrier family left France and settled in Amsterdam. Charles Cabrier (I) was the first of his family to become a clockmaker and, by the 1690s, had established his business in London, becoming Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1697. He maintained his connections with Amsterdam and his son, Charles(II), was christened there in 1704. Charles (I) took Charles (II) as an apprentice in 1719. Charles (II) was Free in the Company in 1726. Charles Cabrier (I) died in 1736 meaning that the present clock cannot be by him. Charles (II) became a highly successful clock and watchmaker, renowned for the quality of his work and was Master of the Clockmakers' Company in 1752. Charles (II) died in 1776 and the business was inherited by his son, Charles (III) who was born in 1729. He was not apprenticed to his father but became Free of the Clockmakers' Company by Patrimony in 1756. He died only two years after his father in 1778. It is therefore most likely that the present clock is the product of the workshops of Charles Cabrier (II) whilst his son, Charles (III) was working with him.
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