20th Mar, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Spring Sale (Day Two)

 
Lot 421
 

421

A Scottish Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Robt Clydsdale, Edinburgh, circa 1780,...

A Scottish Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Robt Clydsdale, Edinburgh, circa 1780, swan neck pediment, arched trunk door, 12-inch arch brass dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, seconds dial and date aperture, arch with silvered disc signed, strike/silent selection lever above 12, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, later case, 233cm high see illustration

Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

10.02.21 Later case is faded in parts, hood with damages to the side pierced frets, case with small scratches in parts, trunk door with small chips to the edges, extra added wooden blocks to both sides of the case cheeks, dial plate edge with one small casting fault with one small hole next to the 4 o'clock position, movement looks clean, with two weights and a pendulum.

 


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Auction: Spring Sale (Day Two), 20th Mar, 2021

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