A GEORGE III JAPANNED CLOCK; JOHN BROCKBANK, LONDON, C. 1770
AN ELEGANT GEORGE III JAPANNED TABLE CLOCK BY JOHN BROCKBANK OF LONDON, DATING TO CIRCA 1770. THE RICHLY DECORATED CASE IS FINISHED IN DARK JAPANNING, IN FADED, UNTOUCHED CONDITION, EMBELLISHED WITH INTRICATE GILT CHINOISERIE ORNAMENT AND FRAMED BY FINELY MOULDED BORDERS. THE ARCHITECTURAL CASE IS SURMOUNTED BY A SHAPED BELL TOP WITH A BRASS CARRYING HANDLE AND DECORATIVE FINIALS, WHILE THE GLAZED FRONT PANEL REVEALS A BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED GILT-BRASS DIAL SURROUND. THE BRASS DIAL FEATURES ROMAN NUMERAL HOUR MARKERS, PIERCED GILT SPANDRELS AND A SUBSIDIARY SECONDS DIAL ABOVE, TOGETHER WITH A CALENDAR APERTURE AND A SIGNED CHAPTER CENTRE. RAISED ON A SHAPED PLINTH BASE, THE CLOCK RETAINS ITS KEY, COMPLETING THIS CHARACTERFUL EXAMPLE OF 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH CRAFTSMANSHIP. COMBINING THE EXOTIC INFLUENCE OF CHINOISERIE WITH THE PRECISION OF LONDON HOROLOGY, IT IS A DISTINGUISHED DECORATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL OBJECT FROM THE MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY.
JOHN BROCKBANK WAS A DISTINGUISHED LONDON CLOCKMAKER WHO BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CLOCKMAKERS’ COMPANY IN 1769, HAVING BEGUN HIS APPRENTICESHIP IN 1761. HE LATER PARTNERED WITH HIS BROTHER MYLES BROCKBANK AROUND 1780, ESTABLISHING A WELL REGARDED LONDON FIRM.
H 48 CM, 19" X W 28 CM, 11" X D 17 CM, 7"
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A GEORGE III JAPANNED CLOCK; JOHN BROCKBANK, LONDON, C. 1770
AN ELEGANT GEORGE III JAPANNED TABLE CLOCK BY JOHN BROCKBANK OF LONDON, DATING TO CIRCA 1770. THE RICHLY DECORATED CASE IS FINISHED IN DARK JAPANNING, IN FADED, UNTOUCHED CONDITION, EMBELLISHED WITH INTRICATE GILT CHINOISERIE ORNAMENT AND FRAMED BY FINELY MOULDED BORDERS. THE ARCHITECTURAL CASE IS SURMOUNTED BY A SHAPED BELL TOP WITH A BRASS CARRYING HANDLE AND DECORATIVE FINIALS, WHILE THE GLAZED FRONT PANEL REVEALS A BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED GILT-BRASS DIAL SURROUND. THE BRASS DIAL FEATURES ROMAN NUMERAL HOUR MARKERS, PIERCED GILT SPANDRELS AND A SUBSIDIARY SECONDS DIAL ABOVE, TOGETHER WITH A CALENDAR APERTURE AND A SIGNED CHAPTER CENTRE. RAISED ON A SHAPED PLINTH BASE, THE CLOCK RETAINS ITS KEY, COMPLETING THIS CHARACTERFUL EXAMPLE OF 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH CRAFTSMANSHIP. COMBINING THE EXOTIC INFLUENCE OF CHINOISERIE WITH THE PRECISION OF LONDON HOROLOGY, IT IS A DISTINGUISHED DECORATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL OBJECT FROM THE MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY.
JOHN BROCKBANK WAS A DISTINGUISHED LONDON CLOCKMAKER WHO BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CLOCKMAKERS’ COMPANY IN 1769, HAVING BEGUN HIS APPRENTICESHIP IN 1761. HE LATER PARTNERED WITH HIS BROTHER MYLES BROCKBANK AROUND 1780, ESTABLISHING A WELL REGARDED LONDON FIRM.
H 48 CM, 19" X W 28 CM, 11" X D 17 CM, 7"
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