Probably his most celebrated is the marine timekeeper of 1754 with the first detached lever escapementĮxceptional Inlaid Mahogany 18th Century Longcase Clock By Iames Richards Liverpool Featuring An Alarm And Ferguson Tidal Dial Of particular note are his perpetual calendar watch and the equation watches made for John Ellicott to sell to the Spanish Royal court. The firm of Mudge and Dutton made clocks and watches of high quality, undoubtedly it is Mudge's individual pieces which have placed him in horological history. In the eighteenth-century Thomas Mudge ranks highly as one of the most accomplished clock and watch makers. William Dutton joined him, another of Graham's apprentices, into partnership in circa 1765.
In 1750, just before his former master's death, Mudge opened his business at the 'Dial and One Crown' in Fleet Street. In 1738, Thomas Mudge became a Freeman Clockmakers' Company. Thomas Mudge (1715-1794) was born in Exeter in 1715 and was apprenticed to the celebrated clock and watch maker George Graham. Substantial eight day movement with thick plates, five baluster pillars, anchor escapement and large backcock for the iron-rod pendulum with T-bar suspension and heavy lenticular brass-faced bob. Silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals. Finely matted centre with calendar aperture ring and large subsidiary seconds dial, shaped cartouche signed Thomas Mudge London. ġ2 inch break arch brass dial with silvered subsidiary strike/silent dial to the arch flanked by pierced foliate spandrels. The hood with separate brass capped and brass inlaid angle pillars below a pagoda top with a shaped sound fret and surmounted with three brass finials. Both the trunk door and base panel have superb flame veneers of the highest quality. The base has raised shaped panel and typical double shaped plinth. The spectacular mahogany case has a long trunk door and is flanked by reeded and brass inlaid quarter pillars. Thomas Mudge, London Circa 1765įabulous Georgian Antique London Longcase Grandfather Clock. The Parisian clockmaker Nicolas-Pierre-Francois Dubec, was active in Paris from the final years of the reign of Louis XVI to the early years of the Empire (see Tardy Dictionnaire des horlogers francais Paris, 1971, p 193)Īn important George III mahogany longcase clock. 1819), was also a clockmaker, and the two were distinguished by the designations of "le jeune" (the younger) and "l'ainé" (the elder). Jacques' younger brother, Jean-Baptist Charles Gabriel Dubuc (d. ?This clock was made by Jacques Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc, a bronzier/ clockmaker, who from 1806 to 1817 is recorded as working on Rue Michel-le-Comte. Glazed door with a gilt metal bezel above mythical lyre playing cubit support.All ormolu casting of the finest qualityĪ conforming pedestal with applied fabulous gilded ormolu mounts above a tapering panel with brass line inlay work against a ebonised ground, raised upon a plinth base and ormolu bracket feet. The case with inlaid Boulle work, glazed sides and applied gilt scrolls and leaves surmounted with a gilt metal figure. To each side is a pierced arched sound panel with silk lining, and the whole stands on gilt brass bracket feet.The clock has been recently serviced and is going perfectly well.Īntique Boulle Pedestal Clock by Dubuc ParisĪ Fabulous early 19th century Louis XV design Boulle clock on pedestal signed Dubuc, The clock with beautifully worked signed gilt metal dial with white enamel Roman numeral cartouches, the twin train signed movement with counter wheel striking on a bell. The dial bears the makers name above the centre. The case is topped with a fluted pagoda dome over a moulded pediment, brass handles and with brass finial, the front is inlaid with cut brass. Superb Antique Regency Design Mahogany Bracket Clock in a mahogany case with brass inlay striking the hours and half hours on a gong, marked J W Benson on the white dial.
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