13th Jul, 2019 11:00 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Art Sale (Part II)

 
  Lot 649
 

649

~ An Oak and Mahogany Oval Shaped Dial Eight Day Longcase Clock with Windmill Automata, signed...

~ An Oak and Mahogany Oval Shaped Dial Eight Day Longcase Clock with Windmill Automata, signed Wainwright, Nottingham, No.5, circa 1780, swan neck pediment, Corinthian capped columns, mahogany crossbanded trunk door, 14-inch silvered oval shaped dial signed and numbered, dial centre with an engraved landscape scene and a windmill automata, moonphase aperture inscribed above "Time Sheweth The Way Of Mans Decay", four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell, later case, 241cm high

Sold for £850
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

05.06.19. Later case, hood with chips and detail moulding missing in parts, one piece of veneer is missing around the hood door, hood door with chips and small cracks, trunk with beading missing and one piece of crossbanding, plinth with scuff marks and small pieces of later veneers in parts, dial slightly discoloured, later wooden side cheeks, later wooden dial surround, movement looks complete, in going order, with two weights and a pendulum.

 


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Auction: Summer Fine Art Sale (Part II), 13th Jul, 2019

Summer Fine Art Sale (Part II)

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