17th Mar, 2018 9:00 GMT/BST

Spring Fine Art Sale

 
Lot 787
 
Lot 787 - A Walnut Month Going Longcase Clock, early 18th Century, the case with good colour, caddied...
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787

A Walnut Month Going Longcase Clock, early 18th Century, the case with good colour, caddied...

A Walnut Month Going Longcase Clock, early 18th Century, the case with good colour, caddied pediment, brass capped three-quarter columns to the hood, glazed side windows, trunk door with moulded borders and decorated with feather banding, re-built plinth upon a rectangular shaped base, 12-inch square brass dial with engraved borders, crown and cherub spandrels, later added silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted dial centre with a later seconds dial and a later added silvered plaque bearing an inscription Jonathan Lowndes, Londini Fecit, three calendar apertures for date/day of the week and an unusual ring aperture engraved with days of the week deity symbols, fine six pillar month duration movement with anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell, with a pair of month going brass cased weights, 240cm high see illustrations
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Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000

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14.03.18, Later chapter ring and a later added inscribed silvered plaque.

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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale, 17th Mar, 2018

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