Lot 40TP
A fine and rare 19th century brass inlaid mahogany floor standing organ clock playing twelve tunes, together with two additional barrels. John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London
29 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £19,200 inc. premium
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A fine and rare 19th century brass inlaid mahogany floor standing organ clock playing twelve tunes, together with two additional barrels.
John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London
The three-part case with arched top surmounted by gilt brass crocket finials, over inlaid architectural profiles to all three sections, the sides with brass floral handles above the silk- and velvet-backed pierced frets, all raised on cast acanthus ball feet.
The 11.25 inch silvered Roman dial with engraved floral spandrels, framing the twin subsidiaries for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent, signed in the centre John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London under blued steel skeletonised trefoil hands. The clock movement with three chain fusees, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers, signed on a silvered plaque John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London. The organ movement contained within the centre section and comprising tall shaped brass plates united by six heavy baluster pillars, signed at one end on a silvered 12-tune selector dial John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London and playing a 12.5 inch long (4.5ins. diameter) pinned wooden barrel on 16 pipes. Together with case keys, a crank winder, pendulum and two additional pinned barrels by B. Flight, Organ Builders & Musical Instrument Makers. 36 St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, London contained within the original mahogany box with lacquered brass handle. Ticking, striking, chiming and playing. 2.19m (7ft 2ins) high.
The three-part case with arched top surmounted by gilt brass crocket finials, over inlaid architectural profiles to all three sections, the sides with brass floral handles above the silk- and velvet-backed pierced frets, all raised on cast acanthus ball feet.
The 11.25 inch silvered Roman dial with engraved floral spandrels, framing the twin subsidiaries for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent, signed in the centre John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London under blued steel skeletonised trefoil hands. The clock movement with three chain fusees, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers, signed on a silvered plaque John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London. The organ movement contained within the centre section and comprising tall shaped brass plates united by six heavy baluster pillars, signed at one end on a silvered 12-tune selector dial John Moore & Sons, Clerkenwell, London and playing a 12.5 inch long (4.5ins. diameter) pinned wooden barrel on 16 pipes. Together with case keys, a crank winder, pendulum and two additional pinned barrels by B. Flight, Organ Builders & Musical Instrument Makers. 36 St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, London contained within the original mahogany box with lacquered brass handle. Ticking, striking, chiming and playing. 2.19m (7ft 2ins) high.