Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Fine Wine
Live Virtual Auction, 8 - 11 November 2020
Interiors: Art, Furniture and Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 45 520
About this Item
A mahogany, satinwood, marquetry and painted longcase clock
the movement by Thos. Clare, Hatton, 18th century, the 33cm silvered chapter ring with Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals, the engraved matt dial with date and seconds aperture, pierced steel hands, pierced foliate and mask spandrels, moon phase and calendar in the arch, signed T. Clare Hatton, bell-striking movement, the later case with moulded arched cornice above a conforming glazed door flanked by tapering columns headed by gilt-metal capitals, the sides with glazed apertures, the trunk inlaid with an urn with foliate handles flanked by winged busts and half pilasters, the front of the plinth similarly decorated, the whole inlaid with shell and foliate motifs, on later bracket feet, 227cm high