111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 141
Godfrie PoyFine Maker
A small, hexagonal London hour repeating table clock with hour self strike and alarm
Sold
estimated
2.200—4.500 €
Price realized
5.300 €
specific features
Case
Brass, gilt, moulded, the sides with screwed on silver windows, string for repetition, baluster-shaped feet, rear bell.
Dial
Engraved volutes, applied silver chapter ring with radial Roman hours, central alarm disc with Arabic numerals, Fleur-de-Lys hands.
Movement
Hexagonal brass movement, chain/fusee, florally engraved barrel and hammer, barrel and hammer for alarm, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Diam.110 x 95 x 85 mm
Circa1730
Ctry.England
Between 1718 and 1750 Godfrey Poy worked at some of the best adresses in central London such as Pall Mall and Haymarket. Literature records him as a "FINE MAKER". In his book "Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers" Britten mentions that Godfrie Poy reputedly created a watch for King George II, when he was the Prince of Wales. Britten also mentions another watch by Poy, which was supposedly part of the Tsar of Russia’s collection at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.