Lot 41
GEORGE II BLACK JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK, BY DAVID LESTURGEON, LONDON
18TH CENTURY
Auction: Lots 1 - 335 | 04 September at 10am
Description
the domed hood with turned gilt painted finials above a fretwork frieze, over an arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, the dial with subsidiary seconds dials and date aperture and mounted with brass spandrels with foliate masks, the arch set with a relief flowering basket flanked by columns and dense foliate motifs above a long trunk with moulded door with Chinoiserie scenes, on a plinth base; the eight day twin train movement striking a gong
Dimensions
232cm high, 47cm wide, 23cm deep
Provenance
Provenance: Property from a Glasgow estate
Footnote
Note: The Lestourgeon clockmaking family is recorded working in London from the end of the 17th century onwards. David Lestourgeon was a Huguenot immigrant from Rouen who settled in Spitalfields around 1681, his son also called David became brother of the Clockmaker Company in 1698 who in turn took in his son again called David as apprentice in 1704 who was not made free until 1721. This youngest David Lestourgeon who worked until 1731 is most likely the maker of the present clock movement.