A GEORGE III ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND PASTE-SET MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON TOWER CLOCK, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKETJOHN MOTTRAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1780A GEORGE III ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND PASTE-SET MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON TOWER CLOCK, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKETJOHN MOTTRAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1780CASE: composed in the form of a four-tier pagoda, the top adorned with an obelisk finial and the upper three tiers enclosing potted pineapple plants, all mounted with colored pastes, the lower part centered at the front by the circular clock dial, each side inset with a blue enamel panel partitioned with ormolu and blue paste studded borders enclosing polychrome floral and foliate garlands enhanced with colored pastes and centered by scenes of a floral bouquet over a lush garden, raised on splayed foliate feet, top section of obelisk finial probably lacking, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory labelDIAL: with a pink paste-set bezel and convex glass to white enamel 5 inch dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minute markers, with two gilt spade hands and a blued-steel center seconds hand, adjusted by an ormolu knob centered below the dialMOVEMENT AND AUTOMATON: with a dead-beat pin wheel escapement, probably quarter-striking, both the clock movement and automaton with fusees, the four-tune musical pin barrel activating twelve hammers on ten bells, the enamel tune selection dial signed JOHN MOTTRAM, LONDON and numbered 1-4, when powered the paste-set finial and potted pineapple plants revolve while music plays42 in. (106.7 cm.) high, 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) wide, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deepPlease note this lot will be moved to Christie’s F… 显示更多来源: 细节 A GEORGE III ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND PASTE-SET MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON TOWER CLOCK, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKETJOHN MOTTRAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1780CASE: composed in the form of a four-tier pagoda, the top adorned with an obelisk finial and the upper three tiers enclosing potted pineapple plants, all mounted with colored pastes, the lower part centered at the front by the circular clock dial, each side inset with a blue enamel panel partitioned with ormolu and blue paste studded borders enclosing polychrome floral and foliate garlands enhanced with colored pastes and centered by scenes of a floral bouquet over a lush garden, raised on splayed foliate feet, top section of obelisk finial probably lacking, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory labelDIAL: with a pink paste-set bezel and convex glass to white enamel 5 inch dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minute markers, with two gilt spade hands and a blued-steel center seconds hand, adjusted by an ormolu knob centered below the dialMOVEMENT AND AUTOMATON: with a dead-beat pin wheel escapement, probably quarter-striking, both the clock movement and automaton with fusees, the four-tune musical pin barrel activating twelve hammers on ten bells, the enamel tune selection dial signed JOHN MOTTRAM, LONDON and numbered 1-4, when powered the paste-set finial and potted pineapple plants revolve while music plays42 in. (106.7 cm.) high, 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) wide, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep 来源 The collection of Miss Derry, by 1934;Thence by descent to her niece, by 1968, until sold;?Anonymous sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 12 December 1980, lot 60. Acquired from Jeremy Ltd., London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1981. 出版 K. Harding, The Musical Clock the Emperor Never Heard, Clocks, 1983, pp. 31-34.I. White, English Clocks for the Eastern Markets, English Clockmakers Trading in China & the Ottoman Empire 1580-1815, Sussex, Antiquarian Horological Society, 2012, fig. 8.35a-b.Dr. P. Bevan, The Pagoda Clock at Anglesey Abbey, Postdoctoral Fellowship: British Inter-University China Centre, University of Manchester, and the National Trust, 2015, pp. 1-39. 注意事项 Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.