Single Fusee Carriage Timepiece by Thomas Cole and James Cole, Retailed by Hunt and Roskell.

A miniature carriage clock timepiece by Thomas Cole and his brother James Fergusson Cole. The eight day single fusee movement with english lever escapement.

The case is decorated with the ‘Rose and Trellis’ pattern as seen on another of Coles clocks retailed by Edward Dent with the same handle and case construction ( JB Hawkins, “The Hawkins Pictorial Survey of Cole Clocks – Part I” p168). The side pillars have a distinctive convex profile with the tops and bottom sections of the case made up in layers and held between turned tapered feet and acorn finials.

The dial centre is engraved with the same pattern as the sides and back of the clock with a roman chapter and subsidiary seconds dial with the dial surround engraved with a foliate scroll pattern. The case still retains its original mercury gilded finish and is in remarkable original condition.

The Cole Brothers worked together supplying clocks to other retails after J.F. Cole narrowly avoided bankruptcy, their work was retailed by Garrards, James McCabe, Arnold and Dent, and Hunt and Roskell etc, in an attempt to get the brothers out of debt.

Hunt & Roskell were renowned jewellers and silversmiths on Bond Street in London who for many years held the Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria. The firm was the successor to the celebrated silversmith Paul Storr who had left Rundell, Bridge & Rundell to set up his own workshop on Harrison Street near Clerkenwell in 1819.

A couple of years later he went into partnership with John Mortimer and began trading from 13 New Bond Street as Storr & Mortimer. In 1826 they took an additional partner, John Samuel Hunt, who brought a welcome investment capital of £5,000 with him. The firm was increasingly successful and in 1838 they moved to new premises at 156 New Bond Street settling in just prior to the retirement of Paul Storr at the end of December that same year. This prompted a name change to Mortimer and Hunt which the business operated under from 1839 until 1843 when John Mortimer retired and the name changed once again, this time to Hunt & Roskell. So we can date this clock as being made between 1843 and 1848 when the Cole brothers stopped working together.

13.5cm H (with handle) x 8cm W x 6cm D

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