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18th Century George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Automation Bracket Clock By Stepen Rimbault
Status:This item has been sold Sold by:Alexander George Antiques Ltd.
Stepen Rimbault
The impressive mahogany case has a bell top and is surmounted by four pineapple finials on the corners and an additional finial to the centre. There are carrying handles to each side as well as circular silk-backed pierced brass sound frets. The case is glazed on all sides so that the complex movement is almost entirely visible. It rests on four brass ogee bracket feet and brass mouldings to both the top and base.
The extremely unusual partly painted shaped brass dial has a silvered Roman chapter ring with a recessed signature plaque, Stpn Rimbault London, and a date aperture in the matted centre. In the corners are fine pierced gilt brass spandrels. The time is indicated by a pair of very fine pierced blued-steel hands on the Roman chapter ring with Arabic five-minute and minute divisions.
The special, extremely rare and charming feature of the clock, is that above the dial there is a painted automaton depicting four eighteenth-century dress musicians, one pla...ying the harpsichord, two other string instruments and a conductor. The hand of the harpsichord player, the bows of the string instruments players and the conductor’s baton are constantly moving with the going train. Fabulous!
The triple gut-fusee spring-driven eight-day movement has a going train with its original verge escapement and short pendulum with knife-edge suspension. The quarters are chimed on a nest of eight bells with eight hammers, on the hour followed by the hour on an additional bell. In addition, the striking can be repeated at will by pulling a cord to the side. The backplate is elaborately engraved around the maker’s signature Stpn Rimbault London.
Note on the maker
As his name suggests Stephen Rimbault was of Huguenot descent. He specialised in musical and/or automaton clocks in the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century. There is a most impressive clock by his hand in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. His brother Paul was also a clockmaker, of whom we also have a clock in our collection, albeit of a much more moderate style.
Literature
Brian Loomes, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, London, 2006, p. 656.
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA792874
Dateline of this antique is 18th Century
Height is 55cm (21.7inches)Width is 29cm (11.4inches)Depth is 19.5cm (7.7inches)
Antique SA792874 shown on this page was made in the 18th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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ANTIQUE SA792874
CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
Alexander George Antiques Ltd.
Offering carefully selected antique masterpieces from the 17th & 18th centuries
Alexander George Antiques Ltd. is also an antique trade association member of LAPADA
Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07787 536199
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THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD
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