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A good mid 18th century mahogany longcase clock with deadbeat escapement Ellicott, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,000 inc. premium
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A good mid 18th century mahogany longcase clock with deadbeat escapement
Ellicott, London
the arched hood with pierced scroll cresting on stop-fluted Doric columns over matching quarter columns to the long trunk flanking the well-figured flame veneered door, on a panelled base with double skirt and shaped bracket, the 12 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent flanked by scroll spandrels over the signed silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosed by four elaborate rococo scroll spandrels, the matted centre with large subsidiary seconds ring and chamfered date aperture, the substantial weight driven movement with five knopped pillars, with hammer stop screwed to the upper left hand pillar, with large date rollers and well shaped and finished cocks and steelwork throughout, with deadbeat escapement to a pendulum with rectangular steel rod and heavy brass-clad bob 238cms (7ft 10ins) high.
the arched hood with pierced scroll cresting on stop-fluted Doric columns over matching quarter columns to the long trunk flanking the well-figured flame veneered door, on a panelled base with double skirt and shaped bracket, the 12 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent flanked by scroll spandrels over the signed silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosed by four elaborate rococo scroll spandrels, the matted centre with large subsidiary seconds ring and chamfered date aperture, the substantial weight driven movement with five knopped pillars, with hammer stop screwed to the upper left hand pillar, with large date rollers and well shaped and finished cocks and steelwork throughout, with deadbeat escapement to a pendulum with rectangular steel rod and heavy brass-clad bob 238cms (7ft 10ins) high.