Lot 791 D α

A London grandfather clock

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
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A London grandfather clock

Walnut veneer on brass-mounted oak, the glass replaced. 8-day movement with hourly striking on a bell. With date aperture at 6 o'clock and subsidiary second aperture at 12 o'clock. The lunette engraved "Peter King LONDON". H 225, W 52, D 26 cm.
Peter King, 1715 - 35.

Literature

This clockmaker mentioned in Baillie, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, London-Edinburgh 1966, p. 180.