BY JONATHAN LEES, BURY, CIRCA 1750
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A George II oak striking eight day longcase clock
By Jonathan Lees, Bury, circa 1750
The stepped caddy top hood with simulated verre eglomisé fret moulded door frame and out-set front columns, conforming pilasters flanking the trunk above plinth with canted angles and bracket feet, the 13½ in. square cut-away brass dial with foliate spandrels to engraved silvered chapter ring with leaf half-hour markers, signed 'Jonathan Lees Bury', the matted and foliate engraved centre with subsidiary seconds ring and engraved date square, the movement with four ring-turned pillars, anchor escapement and internal countwheel strike-on-bell; pendulum, two weights, crank key, case key
86¼ in. (219 cm.) high; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) wide; 9¾ in (25 cm.) deep
By Jonathan Lees, Bury, circa 1750
The stepped caddy top hood with simulated verre eglomisé fret moulded door frame and out-set front columns, conforming pilasters flanking the trunk above plinth with canted angles and bracket feet, the 13½ in. square cut-away brass dial with foliate spandrels to engraved silvered chapter ring with leaf half-hour markers, signed 'Jonathan Lees Bury', the matted and foliate engraved centre with subsidiary seconds ring and engraved date square, the movement with four ring-turned pillars, anchor escapement and internal countwheel strike-on-bell; pendulum, two weights, crank key, case key
86¼ in. (219 cm.) high; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) wide; 9¾ in (25 cm.) deep
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