14th Sep, 2019 9:30 GMT/BST

Country House Sale (Day Two - Part III)

 
  Lot 1528
 

1528

~ An Oak Thirty Hour Longcase Clock with Rocking Eye Automata, signed Bancroft, Stockport,...

~ An Oak Thirty Hour Longcase Clock with Rocking Eye Automata, signed Bancroft, Stockport, No.235, early 18th century, flat top pediment, 10-inch square brass dial with chapter ring signed and numbered, double cherub and crown spandrels, ringed date aperture and rocking eye automata, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell, later case, 209cm high

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

22.08.19 Later case with losses and chips, surface scratches, skirting is missing, feet missing, trunk with scratches, dial and movement are dirty, with pendulum and weight. Pendulum suspension spring is missing.

 


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Auction: Country House Sale (Day Two - Part III), 14th Sep, 2019

Country House Sale (Day Two - Part III)

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