17th Jul, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Sale (Day Two)

 
  Lot 289
 

289

An Irish Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Alexr Gordon, Dublin, circa 1780, pagoda...

An Irish Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Alexr Gordon, Dublin, circa 1780, pagoda pediment, scroll and shell carved front panel, well figured arched trunk door, plinth with a raised panel, bracket feet, 13-inch square brass dial with an Roman and Arabic numeral signed silvered chapter ring, seconds dial and date aperture, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on a bell, 249cm high see illustration

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £700 - £900


 

10.06.21 Pagoda top pediment section has been later added, left hand side pillar with dents, case with some minor scratches and small cracks in parts, plinth sides with some visible cracks, feet with scuff marks, dial is discoloured in parts, later seatboard, small pieces of packing under both sides of the side cheeks, movement looks complete, with two weights and a pendulum.

 


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Auction: Summer Fine Sale (Day Two), 17th Jul, 2021

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