Manufactured by Chapman and Retailed by Leuchars
From our Boxes collection, we are delighted to bring to market this extremely rare Coromandel Letter Box Clock by Chapman retailed by Leuchars.
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From our Boxes collection, we are delighted to bring to market this extremely rare Coromandel Letter Box Clock by Chapman retailed by Leuchars. The letter box stood on a plinth base with square body and domed is beautifully veneered in exotic Coromandel wood with a front bevelled glass viewing window on a lockable door fitted with a brahma lock below a gilt brass aperture embossed with the word letters. Sitting in the top of the front is a circular clock with white enamel dial bearing black roman numerals and the retailers name Leuchars and Son. 38-39 Piccadilly. The letter compartment is lined in Satinwood and contains the registration kite mark which dates the Coromandel Letter Box Clock by Chapman and Leuchars exactly to January 1877. Important provenance literature below.
The Coromandel Letter Box Clock by Chapman and Leuchars comes complete with a working lock and tasselled key.
Measurements (Inches) 16.5 High x 10.6 Wide x 8.3 Deep
Literature Mark Goodger 25th Anniversary Page 50
Provenance Sothebys Important French & Continental Furniture, European Ceramics & Clocks 08 July 2008 • London Lot 403
The Letter Box Clock is accompanied by documentation of the original Chapman Son & Co. catalogue with the coromandel timepiece listed as registered No. 307220. Interestingly Chapman offered an oak model as a standard model and the Coromandel was special order at an extra cost. The letter stamped with a Perfin 1d Red, Plate 197, dated February 1878, from Chapman, Son & Co, Gold Medal ‘Cabinet & Leather Goods Manufactory’, advertising three examples of ‘The Registered Clock Letter Box’, the most expensive – and rarest – being made in Coromandel wood, as herewith.
The accompanying letter reads ”
Cabinet & Leather Goods Manufactory
283 Charterhouse Buildings, Aldersgate
London, February 1878
The new Pillar Letter Box
Dear Sir,
Annexed we hand you prices & drawings of the above novelties recently introduced by us. The marked patronage which they have already received is a strong proof in support of their usefulness & completeness. Soliciting the favor of an early call to inspect the same, or if not convenient to pay us a visit, we shall be happy to forward a case of samples for your selection on hearing from you.
Waiting to receive your esteemed orders,
Yours faithfully,
Chapman, Son & Co.
Our new Illustrated Detailed Catalogue sent free on application.
“P.T.O.”
The letter is headed by two medallion logos referencing their exhibition in South Africa in 1877 and the gold medal won at the exhibition.
DETAILS
Stock Number:
501612
Dimensions:
Width: 42
Depth: 21
Height: 27
Place of origin:
UK
Date of manufacture:
1877
Seller:
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