A GEORGE III TABLE CLOCK BY HENRY KEMP, English, circa 1775
Overall height: 36 in; 91.5 cm
Height of clock: 20 in; 51 cm
Height of bracket: 16 in; 41 cm
Width: 15 in; 38 cm
Depth: 8 in; 20.5 cm
Height of clock: 20 in; 51 cm
Height of bracket: 16 in; 41 cm
Width: 15 in; 38 cm
Depth: 8 in; 20.5 cm
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£100,000 +
A George III black and gold japanned table clock by Henry Kemp on original wall bracket. Note: The japanning has survived in virtually untouched condition. The clock is fitted with...
A George III black and gold japanned table clock by Henry Kemp on original wall bracket.
Note: The japanning has survived in virtually untouched condition.
The clock is fitted with an eight-day time and strike fusee movement with original verge escapement, and a rare original Dutch striking mechanism sounding the succeeding hour on a smaller bell. The break arch dial has a silvered strike/silence subsidiary, and a Roman numeral engraved chapter ring with a recessed maker’s boss engraved ‘Henry Kemp, London’.
Provenance
Private collection, Europe.
