8th Apr, 2016 10:00 GMT/BST

Spring Fine Art Sale

 
Lot 902
 

902

A Good Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed William Kirk, Stockport, circa 1780, swan neck...

A Good Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed William Kirk, Stockport, circa 1780, swan neck pediment, nicely figured arched trunk door, finely inlaid urn and floral decoration, canted plinth raised upon bracket feet, 14-inch arched brass dial, silvered dial centre with seconds and date dials, floral engraved decoration, arch with moonphase aperture and signed above, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 242cm high

Sold for £8,100
Estimated at £1,500 - £1,800


 

02.03.16, The hood with a small crack to the side, dental freze beneath the hood with two small blocks missing, bottom of the hood with a chip, trunk with minor cracks in parts, dial with minor fading marks, movement is clean, with two weights and a pendulum.

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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale, 8th Apr, 2016

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