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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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AN
8 DAY OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK.
THos. WALL . BIRMINGHAM. CIRCA 1795
Height: 80.25 inches
£
Ref:
R05

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AN
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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AN
8 DAY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK.
JOHN JONES. ABERYSTWYTH. CIRCA 1830
Height: 89 inches
Price:£
Ref::R02
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A GLOUCESTERSHIRE 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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AN
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: £4,800
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
Price:
£12,000
Ref:
K45
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A
SCOTTISH 8 DAY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK.
ALEXANDER. ELGIN CIRCA 1845
Height: 81.5 inches
Price:
£
Ref:
R26
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AN
8 DAY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK.
J. OAKES. OLDHAM. CIRCA1825
Height: 90.25 inches
Price:
£
Ref:
AA6

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