16th Nov, 2019 10:00 GMT/BST

Autumn Fine Art Sale (Part II)

 
  Lot 589
 

589

~ A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed John Weston, Wolsingham, circa 1780, swan neck...

~ A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed John Weston, Wolsingham, circa 1780, swan neck pediment, mahogany crossbanded trunk door and matching base, bracket feet, 13-1/4-inch arch brass dial with a silvered chapter ring, finely engraved dial centre with a lion, bird and scroll decoration, seconds dial, inner date ring with a corresponding central date hand, arch with moonphase aperture and signed above, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 218cm high see illustration

Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

11.10.19 Hood with small cracks, hood with cracks, later door knob, top left hand side of the trunk with some blind fret work missing and a piece of beading, front of the base with the centre inlaid panel lifting, dial is slightly discoloured, movement is complete, with pendulum and two weights. No keys.

 


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Auction: Autumn Fine Art Sale (Part II), 16th Nov, 2019

Autumn Fine Art Sale (Part II)

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