MONUMENTAL PENDULUM WITH MUSIC OF GEORGE III
PERIOD SIGNATURE OF HENRY BORREL AND MARKWICK MARKHAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
In tortoiseshell veneer Caret and ornamentation of chased and gilded bronze, with openwork decoration of vases, flowers and horns abundance, the enameled dial signed MARKWICK / MARKHAM / BORREL / LONDON , the figures in Turkish characters on a background of glass paste with a floral pattern, the openwork needles, surmounted by an automaton decorated with metal, leather, cardboard and paper boats chewed on a background of twisted glass rods representing a cascade of flowing water surmounted by a small strike / silent dial , the mechanism signed Henri Borrel Londonon both sides, the recoil escapement with a transfer of articulation to allow a lateral pendulum, the rear discovering an organ with fifty and one pipes, ten tunes and seventeen keys, the body flanked by four vases and surmounted a dome decorated with three ostrich feathers topped with a dial indicating the ten tunes in a star, resting on eight feet decorated with foliage
Height: 104 cm. (41 in.); Width: 50 cm. (191/2 in.); Depth: 41 cm. (16 in.)
Width of the enameled plate: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Diameter of the enameled dial: 23.5 cm. (9 ¼ in.)
Sold for EUR 193,500 at Christie’s in 2015