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A Regency brass mounted mahogany bracket clock in the
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A Regency brass mounted mahogany bracket clock in the manner of Thomas Hope The movement by Joseph Mason for retail by William Alexander, the case attributed to Banting and France, London, circa 1825 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement, trip hour repeat and signed Wll'm Alexander, London within a foliate cartouche to the border-engraved shouldered backplate, the pendulum with calibrated slider for regulation and conforming concentric engraved decoration to the lenticular bob, the 7 inch circular convex white painted Roman numeral dial with repeat signature WILL'M ALEXANDER, LONDON to centre within cast brass bevel glazed bezel milled with continuous scroll design, the case in the Romano-Egyptian taste with brass pineapple finial to the gadroon-carved upstand incorporating brass mounted cavetto moulded collar and flanked by honeysucle carved ¬rotoria' finials, above geometric brass-inlaid ebonised moulded panel outline tapered front with crisply cut horizontal fluted infill to angles and shaped brass fillet inset panel beneath dial, the sides with obelisk outline repeating Gothic arch tracery pierced brass frets on fluted panel inset base with stylised fan carved feet, 51cm (20ins) high. Provenance: The property of a private collector, purchased from these rooms Wednesday 16th February 2011 (lot 119) for £3,200 hammer. Previously (in 1926) with George Boniface Souter the grandson of a major tenant farmer on the Goodwood Estate who died in 1952. Behind the dial of the current lot is the scratched inscription Jos'h Mason, London, Manufacturer who is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working from 2 Walbrook Place, London 1832-9. William Alexander is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Newington Causeway, London in 1825 and in Loomes as working 1828-44. The movement and bell bear detailed service inscriptions indicating that regular work was undertaken by the Hunter family, clockmakers of 136 High Street, Clapham from 1828-74, with two further dates up to 1896 by different makers based in Brixton. The case of the current lot belongs to a group of around fifteen known examples which share the same basic form and dimensions differing only in detail. Perhaps the earliest from this series is an example by Atkins and Son formerly in the possession of the Marquesses of Bristol sold by Christies, King Street, London at their 'Ellerslie House' sale, 24th May 2001 (lot 65). The first Marquis of Bristol employed the firm of Banting, France and Company to supply furniture for Ickworth, Suffolk including the state bed which shares similar details such as the ¬rotoria' finials with the 'Atkins & Son' clock and the current lot. This coupled with the stamped B.F. initials to the interior of the case of the current lot suggests that this particular form of case was made by Banting and France possibly to special order. The case design with its robust fusion of Ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian styles demonstrated the strong influence of Thomas Hope who, in his 1807 book Household Furniture published designs considered to be the height of fashion at the time. When considering his designs for smaller pieces of furniture such as for 'Recesses in the shape of ancient hypogea' (see Hope, Thomas Household Furniture plate XXVII no. I) the inspiration for the current lot can clearly be seen.
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A Regency brass mounted mahogany bracket clock in the

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