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Auction archive: Lot number 9

A FINE EARLY 18TH CENTURY CHINOISERIE

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,161 - US$4,426
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 9

A FINE EARLY 18TH CENTURY CHINOISERIE

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,161 - US$4,426
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A FINE EARLY 18TH CENTURY CHINOISERIE DECORATED LONGCASE CLOCK SIGNED WILLIAM KIPLING, LONDON the hood with removable caddy top, each section of the hood decorated with a frieze of painted leather above glazed sides and three quarter doric columns to the corners, the trunk with concave moulded throat over plain trunk door with glass lenticle and plinth base, with gilt embossed Chinoiserie decoration on a painted faux red tortoiseshell ground throughout, ornamented with pagodas, birds and foliage, the 12 inch brass square dial with gilt bearded mask scrolling spandrels, Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, with gilt matted centre, chamfered and engraved date aperture and ringed winding squares, with subsidiary seconds above the engraved signature 'WM KIPLING LONDON', the eight day weight driven movement united by five knopped and ringed pillars and with anchor escapement striking on a bell, with two weights, pendulum, winder and case key, 243cm high overall, 216cm high when upper caddy section of hood removed, PLEASE NOTE: This lot will be on display at our South Kensington branch from 29th May until it goes on view at Chiswick from 7th June. Provenance: From a private collection. Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed. William Kipling is listed at Broad Street, near Ratcliff Cross, and in C.H. Baillie as working from 1705 to 1737. Baillie describes him as a 'fine maker of longcase clocks and bracket clocks'. There is a bracket clock by Kipling in the Virginia Museum.

Auction archive: Lot number 9
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
Beschreibung:

A FINE EARLY 18TH CENTURY CHINOISERIE DECORATED LONGCASE CLOCK SIGNED WILLIAM KIPLING, LONDON the hood with removable caddy top, each section of the hood decorated with a frieze of painted leather above glazed sides and three quarter doric columns to the corners, the trunk with concave moulded throat over plain trunk door with glass lenticle and plinth base, with gilt embossed Chinoiserie decoration on a painted faux red tortoiseshell ground throughout, ornamented with pagodas, birds and foliage, the 12 inch brass square dial with gilt bearded mask scrolling spandrels, Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, with gilt matted centre, chamfered and engraved date aperture and ringed winding squares, with subsidiary seconds above the engraved signature 'WM KIPLING LONDON', the eight day weight driven movement united by five knopped and ringed pillars and with anchor escapement striking on a bell, with two weights, pendulum, winder and case key, 243cm high overall, 216cm high when upper caddy section of hood removed, PLEASE NOTE: This lot will be on display at our South Kensington branch from 29th May until it goes on view at Chiswick from 7th June. Provenance: From a private collection. Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed. William Kipling is listed at Broad Street, near Ratcliff Cross, and in C.H. Baillie as working from 1705 to 1737. Baillie describes him as a 'fine maker of longcase clocks and bracket clocks'. There is a bracket clock by Kipling in the Virginia Museum.

Auction archive: Lot number 9
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
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