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18th Century George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Automation Bracket Clock by St

Name: 18th Century George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Automation Bracket Clock by St
Brand: Stephen Rimbault
Rating: 5 (7 reviews)

Price:$28,843.04

$32,196.89List Price

About the Item

By Stephen 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 playing 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.

Creator:
Stephen Rimbault (Clockmaker)
Dimensions:
Height: 21.66 in (55 cm)Width: 11.42 in (29 cm)Depth: 7.68 in (19.5 cm)
Style:
George III (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Mahogany,Steel
Place of Origin:
United Kingdom
Period:
Mid-18th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1760
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Oxfordshire, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4936223453822

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