Thomas Loftus, Wisbech, A Lacquered Longcase Clock

Auction Lot FS37/1074

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Thomas Loftus, Wisbech, A Lacquered Longcase Clock (FS37/1074) offered in our Three Day Fine Art Sale starting on 22nd January 2018 at our salerooms in Exeter, Devon.

Lot Description

Thomas Loftus, Wisbech, a lacquered longcase clock the eight-day duration movement having finned pillars and striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute markings to the outer, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and diamond half quarter-hour markings, signed either side of VI o'clock Thos. Loftus, Wisbech, the matted centre with ringed winding holes, a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with engraved decorative surround, with crown-and-cherub cast-brass corner spandrels and decorative blued steel hands, the black lacquer case with raised Oriental chinoiserie decoration, a bulls eye lenticle glass to the trunk door, with the flat-topped hood having three-quarter columns with gilt-wood capitals, the base with matching raised chinoiserie work and standing on a single plinth, height 210cm * Biography - Thomas Loftus is recorded as working in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire from circa 1695 until after 1718.

Department

Works of Art & Clocks

Sale Information

FS37: Three Day Fine Art Sale
Monday, 22nd January 2018
Tuesday, 23rd January 2018
Wednesday, 24th January 2018

Okehampton Street, Exeter

This lot will be sold after 12:30pm on Wednesday, 24th January 2018 as part of the Works of Art and Clocks section of the sale.

Important Notes

Weights and measurements are approximate guidelines only, unless otherwise stated to the contrary.

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Thomas Loftus, Wisbech, A Lacquered Longcase Clock

Auction Lot: FS37/1074

Thomas Loftus, Wisbech, a lacquered longcase clock the eight-day duration movement having finned pillars and striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute markings to the outer, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and diamond half quarter-hour markings, signed either side of VI o'clock Thos. Loftus, Wisbech, the matted centre with ringed winding holes, a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with engraved decorative surround, with crown-and-cherub cast-brass corner spandrels and decorative blued steel hands, the black lacquer case with raised Oriental chinoiserie decoration, a bulls eye lenticle glass to the trunk door, with the flat-topped hood having three-quarter columns with g ...

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