17th Jul, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Sale (Day Two)

 
  Lot 291
 

291

A Walnut Marquetry Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Jos Foster, London, circa 1700, flat top...

A Walnut Marquetry Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Jos Foster, London, circa 1700, flat top pediment, side glass panels, barley twist columns, trunk door with marquetry floral and bird inlaid D-ended panels, glass lenticle, 12-inch square brass dial with a silvered chapter ring signed, seconds dial and date aperture, five pillar movement with an anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on a bell, possibly later case, 217cm high see illustrations

Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £3,500 - £4,000


 

10.06.21 Case surfaces have been polished, case has a good colour, hood door with a later side latch, trunk door with small cracks, small cracks to some veneers, small scuff marks in places, inside the case side cheeks with two extra supporting pieces of wood added, dial is slightly discoloured in parts, movement looks all complete, with two brass cased weights and a pendulum.

 


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

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