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'K1' An exceptional recreation of one of John Harrison's wooden longcase 'Pendulum=clocks' of 1725-1728

Fine Clocks
12.12.2018
Schätzpreis
25.000 £ - 35.000 £
ca. 31.339 $ - 43.875 $
Zuschlagspreis:
31.250 £
ca. 39.174 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 135TP

'K1' An exceptional recreation of one of John Harrison's wooden longcase 'Pendulum=clocks' of 1725-1728

Fine Clocks
12.12.2018
Schätzpreis
25.000 £ - 35.000 £
ca. 31.339 $ - 43.875 $
Zuschlagspreis:
31.250 £
ca. 39.174 $
Beschreibung:

Andrew King London. Begun in 1977. Completed 1996. The Case: The case made throughout of pine from pews from the Church of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon- Humber. Made after James Harrison in the style of the 1720s with a caddy top and gilt ball finials mounted on short turrets. The break arch door to the hood with integral pillars and gilt capitals. The trunk door with arcaded top and aperture for an equation of time table, a manuscript on paper. Below, a gilt ring to the pendulum lenticle. There are raised panels to each side of the lower area of the trunk to receive the arc of the pendulum bob. The case is ebonised with strategically place floral motifs, the colours include powdered gold (23.5 carat) and powdered silver with additional artists oil colours. The Dial: the 12 inch break arch dial is an oak panel made from a prayer book rest from the pews from the Church of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Humber. The dial is ebonised with a full floral design in powdered gold (23.5 carat) and strap-work added in the spandrel areas. In the arch is the date aperture, the large calendar ring with a paper surface, the numerals in manuscript. There is the suggestion of symbolism in the art work. Above the centre there are two figures, a man to the left and a woman to the right, both holding a cluster of laurel leaves just below the seconds aperture, perhaps in homage to the quest of accurate timekeeping. Above this in the central area below XII there is an oval with opposing faces in profile suggestive of human dialogue but seen from a distance there is the apparent silhouette of a head in full wig. The seconds are displayed in manuscript on a paper dial on the rim of a very lightly made oak bowl mounted on the extended front pivot of the escape wheel, this showing through the aperture on the dial. This dial numbered 0-60 twice as the escape wheel revolves once in two minutes. The Paper: The paper used in this clock for the equation table, the seconds dial and the calendar ring is from the 18th century. In 1954 Col Quill traced Annie Shepherd living in Hull. Annie the very young wife of Tom Shepherd who acquired much manuscript material and artefacts from Emma Thornton (d.1922). Emma, the house –keeper to John Harrison's great grandson, another John Harrison (1828-1894), a bachelor who bequeathed his entire estate to Emma Thornton. Tom Shepherd, a neighbour of Emma in Spring Street, Hull, acquired much of the material only to disperse it for a quick profit. However, some of this material survived with his wife, Annie and it was this that was rescued by Col Quill. I, in my turn acquired some of this when I purchased Quill's research archive. Amongst this was an unused account book that had belonged to John Harrison's son William (1728-1815). This consisted of as many as twenty blank sheets measuring 19ins X 15ins. The paper has been verified as 18th century, of a high quality and probably linen based. The marbled soft covers of the account book survive as well, the outside marked "W & W" and on the inside, "Work & Wages 1794". This confirming the independent opinion on the paper. Each sheet is water-marked, Durham & Co with an accompanying heraldic device. The Movement: Of eight day duration. All the oak for the movement is from the Barrow-upon-Humber church pews. The oak frame measures 14.5ins wide, 13ins high and 6ins deep which is a close fit within the hood with a total clearance of just 1/4in. All the oak throughout the movement is quarter sawn, as in the original clocks and, as in fact, as taken from the pews. The wheels are of oak. The wheel teeth cut into segments which are let into deep slots around the periphery of the wheels. All wheels have brass pivots running in Lignum Vitae bushes let into the oak plates. There are roller pinions with Lignum Vitae rollers throughout both wheel trains. The brass escape wheel runs on two anti-friction rollers to each pivot. The Grasshopper Escapement is Harrison's later co-axial design with both p

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 135TP
Auktion:
Datum:
12.12.2018
Auktionshaus:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Andrew King London. Begun in 1977. Completed 1996. The Case: The case made throughout of pine from pews from the Church of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon- Humber. Made after James Harrison in the style of the 1720s with a caddy top and gilt ball finials mounted on short turrets. The break arch door to the hood with integral pillars and gilt capitals. The trunk door with arcaded top and aperture for an equation of time table, a manuscript on paper. Below, a gilt ring to the pendulum lenticle. There are raised panels to each side of the lower area of the trunk to receive the arc of the pendulum bob. The case is ebonised with strategically place floral motifs, the colours include powdered gold (23.5 carat) and powdered silver with additional artists oil colours. The Dial: the 12 inch break arch dial is an oak panel made from a prayer book rest from the pews from the Church of Holy Trinity, Barrow-upon-Humber. The dial is ebonised with a full floral design in powdered gold (23.5 carat) and strap-work added in the spandrel areas. In the arch is the date aperture, the large calendar ring with a paper surface, the numerals in manuscript. There is the suggestion of symbolism in the art work. Above the centre there are two figures, a man to the left and a woman to the right, both holding a cluster of laurel leaves just below the seconds aperture, perhaps in homage to the quest of accurate timekeeping. Above this in the central area below XII there is an oval with opposing faces in profile suggestive of human dialogue but seen from a distance there is the apparent silhouette of a head in full wig. The seconds are displayed in manuscript on a paper dial on the rim of a very lightly made oak bowl mounted on the extended front pivot of the escape wheel, this showing through the aperture on the dial. This dial numbered 0-60 twice as the escape wheel revolves once in two minutes. The Paper: The paper used in this clock for the equation table, the seconds dial and the calendar ring is from the 18th century. In 1954 Col Quill traced Annie Shepherd living in Hull. Annie the very young wife of Tom Shepherd who acquired much manuscript material and artefacts from Emma Thornton (d.1922). Emma, the house –keeper to John Harrison's great grandson, another John Harrison (1828-1894), a bachelor who bequeathed his entire estate to Emma Thornton. Tom Shepherd, a neighbour of Emma in Spring Street, Hull, acquired much of the material only to disperse it for a quick profit. However, some of this material survived with his wife, Annie and it was this that was rescued by Col Quill. I, in my turn acquired some of this when I purchased Quill's research archive. Amongst this was an unused account book that had belonged to John Harrison's son William (1728-1815). This consisted of as many as twenty blank sheets measuring 19ins X 15ins. The paper has been verified as 18th century, of a high quality and probably linen based. The marbled soft covers of the account book survive as well, the outside marked "W & W" and on the inside, "Work & Wages 1794". This confirming the independent opinion on the paper. Each sheet is water-marked, Durham & Co with an accompanying heraldic device. The Movement: Of eight day duration. All the oak for the movement is from the Barrow-upon-Humber church pews. The oak frame measures 14.5ins wide, 13ins high and 6ins deep which is a close fit within the hood with a total clearance of just 1/4in. All the oak throughout the movement is quarter sawn, as in the original clocks and, as in fact, as taken from the pews. The wheels are of oak. The wheel teeth cut into segments which are let into deep slots around the periphery of the wheels. All wheels have brass pivots running in Lignum Vitae bushes let into the oak plates. There are roller pinions with Lignum Vitae rollers throughout both wheel trains. The brass escape wheel runs on two anti-friction rollers to each pivot. The Grasshopper Escapement is Harrison's later co-axial design with both p

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 135TP
Auktion:
Datum:
12.12.2018
Auktionshaus:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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