Lot 118

SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, THOMAS WALKER, STRATHAVEN
LATE 18TH CENTURY





Auction: Five Centuries
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
Description
the hood with a swan neck pediment with enamel roundels to the terminals and centred by a brass eagle with brass finials to the corners, above a scale fretwork frieze and arched brass dial with engraved silvered chapter ring and centre, with subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, and a signed makers name to the arch boss flanked by Corinthian columns; the trunk with a shaped door with central marquetry roundel flanked by quarter columns, on a plinth base with further marquetry panel and conforming blind fret angles, raised on bracket feet; the twin train, eight-day movement striking a bell
Dimensions
238cm high, 53cm wide, 28cm deep




