Jos. Jennens Mahogany Horner Grandfather Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$18,000 – $22,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$15,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 22, 2014[/restrict]
Joseph Jennens Mahogany Horner 9 Tube Grandfather Clock. Silvered chapter ring with applied brass Arabic hour numbers, sub seconds dial and moon phase dial, fancy engraved swirling leaf decoration in the center of the dial and spandrels, has fancy pierced black hour and minute hands, sub dials for Chime/Silent & Whittington/Westminster and signed ÂJoseph Jennens, Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London on the front. Quality 8 day marked ÂMade in England brass movement chimes on 8 silvered tubes and strikes the hour on a ninth, tubes are signed ÂJos. J, LondonÂ, has 3 quality brass weights and pulleys, brass pendulum bob with steel stick. Carved mahogany case Attr: R. J. Horner, has a serpentine form with broken arch crest, winged griffins and swirling leaves on the bonnet, carved lions heads on the corners of the body, with a figural putti on the base and claw feet. In good running condition and beautiful enhanced original finish. 106 in. high x 24 in. wide x 17 in. deep.