Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
Extremely rare Thomas Stubbs London Clockmaker (Queen Ann Period). Approx date circa 1690.
Clock in a very handsome 19th-century marquetry case
A superb and extremely rare 17th-18th-century marquetry longcase clock. Queen Ann period.
The ring turned winding holes and 8-day movement. The hood with giltwood turned finials, the dial framed by four inlaid mahogany columns with gilt metal Corinthian capitals. The trunk door with brass mounted conical glass, above a square base with short bracket feet. the dial 29.5 cm square,
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Appendix: Thomas Stubbs is recorded as ‘A Great Clockmaker’ when he was made a Freeman of the Clockmakers’ Company in April 1685. Very little of his work appears to have survived despite the fact that he is recorded as dying in 1738. I Might add that this clock is superior to the one sold at Christies last.
Size; height 266 cm.
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Other Thomas Stubbs records
A Charles II walnut longcase
LOT138A Charles II walnut longcase clock
THOMAS STUBBS, LONDON. CIRCA 1685
Price realised
GBP 29,875 plus BP.
Estimate
GBP 10,000 – GBP 15,000
Christies auction house James Christie logo Christies Sale date; 2nd July 2004
SALE 6928 Important Clocks, Barometers and Marine Chronometers
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William III Marquetry Longcase Clock by Stephen Rayner, London
By Stephen Rayner
£30,000
Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
Fine period furniturnishings-timeless design
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Thomas Stubbs. 17th-18th Century Marquetry Longcase Clock
