14th Jul, 2020 12:00
European & Asian Works of Art
355
AN IRISH MAHOGANY TABLE CLOCK, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
AN IRISH MAHOGANY TABLE CLOCK, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
the associated Irish case with stepped and shaped caddy top above moulded arches to front and rear, glazed side panels and rear door, on pad feet, the dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes enclosing a false bob aperture to the matted centre above twin winding apertures (one dummy), applied mask and foliate scroll spandrels, the break arch with applied silvered boss bearing signature 'Furnace / Dublin' flanked by further applied foliate scrolls, the Irish eight day single fusee movement with pull cord to strike the hour and quarters on two bells, the back plate with engraved chevron border and signed 'Geo. Furnace / Dublin' within a shaped cartouche, with pendulum and key
44cm high with carrying handle raised
Irish table clocks of the second half of the 18th century often seem to feature the unusual shaped top seen in this clock: for a similar Irish Georgian case (with its original movement) see Dreweatts, Newbury, 11 March 2008, lot 112. George Furnace is recorded as a clockmaker working in Dublin between 1751-73.
Provenance: James McCann (1840-1904), Irish nationalist MP and stockbroker, of Simmonscourt Castle, Ballsbridge, Dublin and the Ardsallagh estate, Navan, Co. Meath; thence by family descent.
Sold for £3,800
AN IRISH MAHOGANY TABLE CLOCK, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
the associated Irish case with stepped and shaped caddy top above moulded arches to front and rear, glazed side panels and rear door, on pad feet, the dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes enclosing a false bob aperture to the matted centre above twin winding apertures (one dummy), applied mask and foliate scroll spandrels, the break arch with applied silvered boss bearing signature 'Furnace / Dublin' flanked by further applied foliate scrolls, the Irish eight day single fusee movement with pull cord to strike the hour and quarters on two bells, the back plate with engraved chevron border and signed 'Geo. Furnace / Dublin' within a shaped cartouche, with pendulum and key
44cm high with carrying handle raised
Irish table clocks of the second half of the 18th century often seem to feature the unusual shaped top seen in this clock: for a similar Irish Georgian case (with its original movement) see Dreweatts, Newbury, 11 March 2008, lot 112. George Furnace is recorded as a clockmaker working in Dublin between 1751-73.
Provenance: James McCann (1840-1904), Irish nationalist MP and stockbroker, of Simmonscourt Castle, Ballsbridge, Dublin and the Ardsallagh estate, Navan, Co. Meath; thence by family descent.
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 14th Jul, 2020
