Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
A George III gilt-mounted ebonised automaton table clock, Samuel Parker, Greenwich, circa 1775
No reserve
Lot Closed
April 11, 01:12 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
7-inch dial with rococo spandrels, matted centre with date aperture and signed on a recessed silvered plaque S Parker, Greenwich, the arch painted with a charming automaton scene of figures at a rural farriers shop with a windmill in the background, the fusee movement with five knopped pillars, later conversion to anchor escapement no longer linked to the automaton scene, trip repeat striking on a bell, the case with bell top and brass carrying handle above pineapple finials, caryatid corner mounts, moulded base and brass bracket feet, the underside stamped 2327,
49.5cm. 19½in. high
Possibly Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet (1709–1782) or his son, Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (1744–1812).
Anon, Beaudesert / 1863 / Inventory, p.66, in the State Room Passage, possibly, 'Antique ormolu mounted striking dial timepiece' (Staffordshire Record Office, D603/7/4);
Phillips, Son & Neale, London, Beau Desert, An Inventory, Furniture and Miscellaneous Articles […] for removal to Plas Newydd, 2nd-5th May 1921, p.13, in the Waterloo Gallery & Staircase, ‘A striking clock by S. Parker, Greenwich, with curious mechanical movement, depicting a working blacksmith’s shop, in ebonized case with ormolu mounts’ (Bangor University Archives and Special Collections, PN/VIII/5862);
Lofts & Warner, London, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, 1948, p.61, in the Gothic Hall, ‘An old English bracket clock in ebonized and chased ormolu case with pineapple finials. The chased brass and silver dial with working model of blacksmith etc., by S. PARKER, Greenwich’ (Private Family Archive).