14th Sep, 2019 9:30 GMT/BST

Country House Sale (Day Two - Part III)

 
Lot 1526
 

1526

~ A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock with Rocking Eye Automata, 18th century, later case with...

~ A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock with Rocking Eye Automata, 18th century, later case with a pierced swan neck pediment, Corinthian capped columns, later 12-inch arch brass dial with silvered dial bearing an inscription Bullock Ellesmere and numbered 407, seconds dial and date aperture, arch with rocking eye automata, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, later dial and case, 216cm high

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

22.08.19 Later case, later pierced swan neck pediment, trunk door is bowed, later inlay, scratches and chips in parts, later feet, later added wooden blocks to both sides of the cheeks, later seatboard, movement front plate with one vacant hole, later dial and case, with two weights and a pendulum.

 


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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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