A Rare English Ebony Veneered Repeating Table Clock
Sale 1256 - Palm Beach Furniture & Decorative Arts
Dec 7, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Palm Beach
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Estimate
$15,000 -
25,000
Price Realized
$69,300
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Lot Description
A Rare English Ebony Veneered Repeating Table Clock
Ambrose Gardner, London, Late 17th/Early 18th Century
signed above the numeral XII between the subsidiary dials; the back plate fully signed, eight-day duration; together with a modern mahogany carrying case.
Height 15 x width 8 5/8 x depth 6 inches.
Height 15 x width 8 5/8 x depth 6 inches.
This lot is located in Palm Beach.
Property from the Estate of Joanna Hoffman, Palm Beach, and Her Father, John Hoffman, Member of the British Antique Dealers’ Association and the Confederation Internationale de Negociants en Oeuvres d’Art.
Note:
Very few clocks signed by Ambrose Gardner are known. Gardner is mentioned in R.W. Symonds's book Thomas Tompion: His Life and Work, as being a member of Tompion's household. Tompion's apprentices included Ambrose Gardner, who was Foreman of Tompion's workshop, and other renowned clocksmiths. The present clock is very much in the manner of the Master himself, and was probably made in Tompion's workshop under his supervision. For a similar example, see Bonhams, London, Fine Clocks, 16 December 2015, Lot 41.
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