Queen Anne gilt brass mounted tortoiseshell quarter repeating table clock by Robert Hodgkin, London
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Early 18th century
The clock features a substantial six-finned pillar movement with a verge escapement and a lenticular bob pendulum. It is a highly complex piece, incorporating a quarter repeating function that strikes on a nest of six bells, as well as an hour strike on a larger bell and a pull-wind alarm mechanism.
The clock is housed in a case of French Regence design, crafted from tortoiseshell and profusely decorated with elaborate gilt brass mounts, including grotesque masks, acanthus scrollwork, and a flambeau urn finial. The 7-inch brass break-arch dial features a silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, calendar aperture, and twin subsidiary dials for secondary hour/alarm setting and rise/fall regulation. The backplate is finely engraved with foliate scrollwork.
The clock measures approximately 58.5 cm in height, 31 cm in width, and 14 cm in depth.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Depth
- 14 cm
- Width
- 31 cm
- Height
- 58.5 cm
- Material
- Tortoiseshell, gilt brass, silvered brass, steel
Technical characteristics
- Movement
- Six-finned pillar bell striking, verge escapement
- Pendulum
- Lenticular bob with pivoted beam rise/fall regulation
- Complications
- Quarter repeating, alarm, strike/silent selection, calendar
Design
- Dial
- 7-inch brass break-arch, silvered Roman numeral chapter ring
- Case style
- French Regence
- Decoration
- Grotesque masks, acanthus scrolls, sunburst mount, foliate engraving
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Robert Hodgkin
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.