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a late george iii oak and cross-banded longcase clock
The hood with stepped and moulded top and brass-capped outset colums, the banded trunk door flanked by three-quarter pilasters, on plain plinth with chamfered angles, the 31cm. white dial with green and gilt spandrels, decorated with a bird to the centre, with calendar aperture and bearing the signature Monkhouse Carlisle, the dial re-painted, the four pillar countwheel striking movement with anchor escapement
203cm. high
The hood with stepped and moulded top and brass-capped outset colums, the banded trunk door flanked by three-quarter pilasters, on plain plinth with chamfered angles, the 31cm. white dial with green and gilt spandrels, decorated with a bird to the centre, with calendar aperture and bearing the signature Monkhouse Carlisle, the dial re-painted, the four pillar countwheel striking movement with anchor escapement
203cm. high