Bonhams : An oak longcase clock, Benjamin Peers, Chester, circa 1780, 7ft. 4 1/2in. 225cm. high.

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Lot 502

An oak longcase clock, Benjamin Peers, Chester, circa 1780, 7ft. 4 1/2in. 225cm. high.

£ 2,500 - 3,500

US$ 3,100 - 4,300

Clocks & Barometers

28 Mar 2003, 11:00 GMT

Chester

An oak longcase clock, Benjamin Peers, Chester, circa 1780,

13-inch broken-arch dial signed Benjamin Peers Chester to silvered arch over moon's phases, subsidiary seconds, scroll engraved silvered centre with centre date (lacking hand); the rack and bell striking eight-day movement with anchor escapement, in possibly associated case surmounted by swan-neck pediment with brass paterae over nulled frieze, fluted pilasters and applied panel to base,

Footnotes

Benjamin Peers was granted Freedom of the City in 1784. He is recorded at various addresses but was probably working in Bridge Street or Eastgate Street at the time this clock was made.

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