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HOWELL & JAMES (1819-c.1867)
A Small Quarter Chiming Bracket Clock (c. 1830 England)
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| Item Stock Code |
1250 |
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| Item Signed, Inscribed, Dated Details |
Howell & James, London. |
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| UK/USA Dimensions |
16.00 inch high |
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| European Converted Dimensions |
40.64 cm high |
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| Current Item Condition |
Fully restored and guaranteed. |
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| Item Description / Dealer Expertise |
A superb quality small ebonised bracket clock, standing only sixteen-inches high to the top of the finial, with a triple-fusee, eight-day duration movement chiming the quarters on eight bells and the hours on a gong. The five-inch arched dial has a finely matted centre, a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, raised gilt brass spandrels engraved in the style of Thomas Cole, who supplied Howell & James with clocks, and a silvered plaque signed ‘Howell and James, London. To the Queen’. Within the arch are two subsidiary dials for ‘strike/silent’ & ‘Chime on Eight Bells/Westminster’. The small ebonised bell-top case has canted corners, a stepped base, a bell-top surmounted by a pineapple finial, with ormolu mounts and side frets of excellent quality. |
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| HOWELL & JAMES |
Howell and James were founded in 1819 as silk mercers & retail jewellers, with the opening day of their annual ‘exhibition’ being a society outing of the period. They sold clocks of the highest quality, many supplied to them by the well-known maker Thomas Cole whose decorative pieces are quite distinctive. The company was at the forefront of both the Aesthetic and the Arts & Crafts movements with a number of well-known designers working for them including Thomas Harris. They exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, as well as Paris in 1867.
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| Price |
gbp 7500.00 (Pound Sterling)
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More information / Purchase this item |
Please email or call +44 (0)1395 268723 for more information or to purchase this item. |
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| Status |
FOR SALE |
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