Catalogue of a collection of early drawings and pictures of London: With some contemporary furnitureBurlington Fine Arts Club
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Catalogue of a collection of early drawings and pictures of London: With some contemporary furniture
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CLOCK, with circular dial, inscribed AYNSTH THWAITES LONDON, in
case of gilt brass, supported on pedestal of mahogany and other woods,
carved on the frieze with a demi-figure and scrolled foliage.
INSTRUMENT (companion to above) showing sidereal time, the day of the
week, month of the year, phases of the moon, direction of the wind
and the weather: inscribed AYNSTH THWAITES CLERKENWELL LONDON.
The clock was brought from the “Old India House” in Leadenhall Street.
At the time the companion piece was lost sight of, but years afterwards
was found on the continent by Mr. Bertram Currie, who purchased it
and gave it back to the India Office (see “Records of the Honourable
East India Company”).
Height (of each), 6 ft. 11½ in.
Date, 1760-1770.
_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._
_Near the Alcove_
ARM-CHAIR, walnut wood, the arms carved with masks and foliage, the
legs ending in paw feet and carved with negro masks and leafage:
upholstered in red velvet embroidered on the back with the crest of
the East India Company; it is shown in No. 66.
Height, 4 ft. 9½ in.
First half of the XVIIIth century.
_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._
_Against the East Wall_
PAIR OF CHAIRS, mahogany, with “ladder” backs, and seats covered with
red leather.
Height (of each), 3 ft. ½ in.
Third quarter of the XVIIIth century.
_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._
_Against the West Wall_
ARM-CHAIR, mahogany, with shield-shaped back and seat covered with
red leather.
Style of Hepplewhite.
Height, 3 ft. 3½ in.
Last quarter of the XVIIIth century.
_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._
ARM-CHAIR, mahogany, the upper rail of the back carved with the crest
of the East India Company within a circular medallion.
Height, 2 ft. 8½ in.
Early XIXth century.
_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._
ARM-CHAIR, mahogany, the upper rail of the back surmounted by a
lunette carved with the crest of the East India Company.
Height, 3 ft. 1⅜ in.
Early XIXth century.
_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._
ARM-CHAIR, mahogany, with square back having three vertical rails,
and seat covered with red leather.
Height, 3 ft.
Last quarter of the XVIIIth century.
_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._
_In the Centre of the Gallery_
TABLE, oak, composed of octagonal top supported on eight baluster
legs joined by arches below the top; the spandrels are carved with
the initials R. W. (Richard Wyatt, Master); G. I. (G. Isack, Warden);
I. R. (J. Reeve, Warden); and W. W. (W. Willson, Warden), and the
date 1606.
Height, 2 ft. 10 in. Width of top, 3 ft. 4¼ in.
Dated 1606.
_Lent by the Worshipful Company of Carpenters._
_On the South Wall_
SWORD REST, oak, carved, painted and gilt with the Royal Arms, the
Arms of the City of London, of Sir Francis Chaplin, Bart. (Master,
1668; Lord Mayor of London, 1677), and of the Clothworkers’ Company.
Height, 6 ft. 4½ in.
Dated 1677 (the painting and gilding renewed).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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