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30 HOUR OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK. Wm. GILBERT. RUGELEY. CIRCA 1840
Height: 80.5 inches
£ Ref:
Q29 
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8 DAY OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK. THos. WALL . BIRMINGHAM. CIRCA 1795
Height: 80.25 inches £ Ref:
R05 
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8 DAY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK.
JOHN GASKIN. DUBLIN. CIRCA 1810 Height: £
Ref: R28 
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30 HOUR OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK. CHs. MAGGS. AXBRIDGE. CIRCA 1795
Height:
Price:£ Ref:: Q14 
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30 HOUR SINGLE HANDED OAK LONGCASE CLOCK. JOHN JENKINS. CIRCA 1740
Height: 81.5 inches Price:£ Ref::Q28 
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8 DAY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK. JOHN JONES. ABERYSTWYTH. CIRCA 1830
Height: 89 inches Price:£ Ref::R02
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MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK by E. WEIGHT of DURSLEY.CIRCA 1820
The mahogany
case stands at 7ft. 1 ins..(2.16m.) The hood with swan neck pediment with brass
paterae,has a central spire finial and reeded columns with brass bases and capitals
. The trunk door is framed with boxwood stringing and flanked by two chamfered
front corners also with boxwood stringing. The base front panel is framed
with matching stringing. The arched white dial, has Roman hour chapters ,
matching blued steel hands , seconds subsidiary dial and a date aperture. The
corners have decorative painted floral patterns, and there is a fruit and floral
still life painting in the arch. . The dial is signed E. Weight , Dursley.
The eight day movement is rack striking on a bell. Weight Edmund
Market Place. Dursley. !820-1822 Brother of Henry Weight of Tetbury, Newnham
and Gloucester. Price: £4,500 Ref: P-- |
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OAK LONGCASE TIMEPECE by DURWARD OF EDINBURGH . CIRCA 1790 The
oak case of mellow colour stands at 7ft. 3.5ins.(2.22m.) on a plain base with
bracket feet. The hood with swan neck pediment and three water gilded urn
finials , has reeded columns with brass bases and capitals and the door has carved
fruitwood blind frets to the four corners. The long trunk door with shaped
top has a brass escutcheon and hinges . The circular silvered dial, with Roman
hour chapters and Arabic five minute numerals , has matching blued steel serpentine
hands and a seconds subsidiary dial . The dial is signed" Jos. Durward Edinburgh"
The eight day three pillar movement has narrow plates with pedestal shaped bases.
Joseph Durward , Edinburgh 1775 - 1819.
Price:
£6,900 Ref: P20 
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LATE 18thCENTURY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK. E. BIRD OF BRISTOL The
well figured mahogany case with canted and reeded corners and a cross-banded door
stands at 7ft. 7ins.(2.34m.) on a base with moulded edge and splay bracket feet.
The hood with swan neck pediment and fluted columns with Corinthian capitals has
three finials and the door has a typical west country wavy edge to the door frame.
The silvered dial, has Roman hour chapters , matching blued steel hands and a
seconds subsidiary dial . Finely engraved figures representing the four seasons
appear at the four corners of the dial which is also engraved with "E. Bird.
Bristol and bears the motto "Tempus Fugit" in the arch. The eight
day movement is rack striking on a bell. Price:£7,900 Ref:O60
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30 HOUR OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK. HENRY YOUNG. SWAFFHAM. CIRCA 1800
Height: 80.75 inches £ Ref:
Swaff 
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LOUIS XVIth KINGWOOD, BOXWOOD AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE REGULATOR OF ONE MONTH DURATION.
PLATIER À PARIS. The
fine waisted case stamped by the ebeniste JOLLAIN stands at 2.03 metres with a
shaped hood surmounted by ormolu mounts centred by a female mask. The 9.5
inch white enamel dial signed by the clockmaker PLATIER A PARIS has Roman and
Arabic numerals and the gilt hour and minute hands are well pierced and chased.
The centre seconds hand is of steel. The square plated movement has four turned
pillars and a four wheel train , each wheel with five crossings. There is a pin
wheel escapement and the the massive gridiron pendulum is mounted on a knife edge
supported on a bracket attached to and rising over the front and backplates. Jerosme
Adrien Jollain (Rue du Marche Neuf) , 1765) was from a family of clockmakers and
he specialised in making fine cases using exotic wood and gilt bronze mounts..
He was made a master on 1st August 1763 and died circa 1788. Platier. Rue
du Temple Horologer de S.A.S. le Prince de Conti. 1772-1773. £25,000
Ref: NXX
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MAHOGANY REGENCY LONGCASE CLOCK. WHITEHURST
& SON. DERBY.
The
well proportioned case stands at 82 inches (2.08 meters) with a pediment top.
The hood has glazed side apertures and canted front corners. The trunk, similarly
flanked by canted corners, has a long mahogany door with shallow break arch and
a good flame veneer. The base has an inverted corner rectangular molding and stands
on a plain plinth with block feet. The 12 inch silvered brass square dial is signed
"Whitehurst and Son. Derby.", and has Roman hour chapters and a subsidiary seconds
dial. The back of the dial is engraved with the date 1818 and the initials I.W.
in a small triangle. ( for John Whitehurst). The matching hands are of blued steel
spad design. Movement: The well finished movement has shouldered plates with rounded
edges and baluster pillars. The striking is by rack and the back cock is of typical
Whitehurst design. The wood rod pendulum has a massive brass faced lenticular
bob with a calibrated regulation nut. The matching pair of cast iron weights are
original and stamped indistinctly. (possibly 18 or IW ). John Whitehurst II and
his son John Whitehurst III were in partnership from 1809 to 1834. The uncle,
John Whitehurst F.R.S. was an eminent scientist, clockmaker and philosopher. See
John Whitehurst of Derby by Maxweell Craven.
Age: c1818
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SCOTTISH 8 DAY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK. ALEXANDER. ELGIN CIRCA 1845 Height:
81.5 inches
Price: £ Ref:
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8 DAY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK.
J. OAKES. OLDHAM. CIRCA1825 Height: 90.25 inches
Price: £ Ref:
AA6 
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