A QUEEN ANNE FAUX-TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-JAPANNED LONG-CASE CLOCK
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A QUEEN ANNE FAUX-TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-JAPANNED LONG-CASE CLOCK

THE DIAL SIGNED THO. STONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1710

Fermé8 April 2021

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A QUEEN ANNE FAUX-TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-JAPANNED LONG-CASE CLOCK
THE DIAL SIGNED THO. STONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1710
With silvered chapter ring and subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with cherub and crown spandrels, with arched case and door with glazed aperture on a plinth base decorated throughout with gilt Chinoiserie landscapes on a faux tortoiseshell ground
100 ¼ in. (255 cm.) high, 20 in. (51 cm.) wide, 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) deep

Acquired from Anthony Woodburn, Kent, 1993.

Note du spécialiste

Thomas Stones is probably the maker recorded as being apprenticed in 1684 to John Westoby and who was subsequently made a member of the Clock Makers’ Company in 1692, and a master from 1730-1747.