A FINE VICTORIAN GIANT GILT BRASS QUARTER STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK

A FINE VICTORIAN GIANT GILT BRASS QUARTER STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK

BY PAYNE & CO., MID-19TH CENTURY

the substantial brass eight day twin fusee movement, with thick plates united by four turned pillars, the engraved gilt English platform lever escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, with regulation lever, chiming and striking on two blued steel gongs, the backplate with strike / silent lever and inscribed 'Payne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, London', with the serial number '1736', the dial with black Roman numerals and engraved scrolling foliate decoration, further inscribed 'Payne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, London, 1736', the bevel glazed case with rounded corners and finely engraved with scrolling and flowering foliate decoration and cast hinged handle

22.8cm high (including handle)

Provenance

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

William Payne is recorded as a watch and clockmaker at 62 South Molton Street from 1816. He moved to 163 New Bond Street in 1825. See Bonhams, Fine Clocks, 14th July 2022, lot 6 for a clock by James McCabe in a similar, fully engraved case.