16th Nov, 2019 10:00 GMT/BST

Autumn Fine Art Sale (Part II)

 
  Lot 582
 

582

A Fine and Rare Mid-18th Century Quarter Striking Table Clock with Bolt and Shutter Maintaining...

A Fine and Rare Mid-18th Century Quarter Striking Table Clock with Bolt and Shutter Maintaining Power, signed Hindley, York, circa 1750, inverted bell top pediment with brass carrying handle, glass side panels, rectangular moulded base raised upon bracket feet, pull repeat and bolt and shutter maintaining power cords, 7-inch arched brass dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, subisidiary silvered strike/silent selection dial below 6 signed Hindley York, matted dial centre with seconds dial, large arched twin chain fusee movement, deadbeat-type escapement, going train with bolt and shutter maintaining power, six spoke wheels, six double baluster type pillars, long polished steel crutch, quarter striking on three bells and striking the hours on the larger bell, tapered steel pendulum rod with fine screw adjustment rating nut to the lenticular bob, 55cm high over handle see illustrations

Henry Hindley (1701-1771), born near Wigan and moved to work in Petergate, York in 1731. A very fine and talented clockmaker of his time who excelled in making complicated clockwork year duration, complex calendar work, table and turret clocks. In 1750 he made a clock for York Minster.
Another almost identical example to this Henry Hindley is on exhibition at Fairfax House in York.

Sold for £11,000
Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000


 

15.10.19 Case with scratches and small dents, case surfaces are rubbed in parts and discoloured, top side of the case with moulding very slightly lifting, back door with veneer slightly lifting, top side of both doors with later added small carved recessed panels, dial is dirty, chapter ring with small scratches, silvered dials need re-silvering, hands are discoloured, seconds hand is missing, movement is dirty and needs cleaning, one very small vacant to the centre of the topside of the movement backplate just above the back cock and this has another hole that lines up with this on the front plate, movement looks complete, striking work is working and the clock is in going order.

 


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Auction: Autumn Fine Art Sale (Part II), 16th Nov, 2019

Autumn Fine Art Sale (Part II)

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