Jos. Jennens Mahogany Horner Grandfather Clock

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 “Joseph Jennens, Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London” on the front. Quality 8 day marked “Made in England” brass movement chimes on 8 silvered tubes and strikes the hour on a ninth, tubes are signed “Jos. J, London”, 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.