THOMAS HALLY, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
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A GEORGE I WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK
thomas hally, london, circa 1720
The break arch dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and pierced blued steel hands, the matted center with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture, arched silvered signature plaque engraved Thomas Hally, London, female mask-and-foliate spandrels, dolphin spandrels in the arch flanking the silvered strike/silent ring, the five pillar movement with rack strike on a bell and with anchor escapement, the case with large foliate-carved giltwood flambeau urn finials to the caddy top with elaborately pierced wood sound frets supported on detached brass-capped columns, boxwood and ebony line-inlaid trunk door with brass escutcheon, similarly inlaid double-footed plinth
107in. (272cm.) high
thomas hally, london, circa 1720
The break arch dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and pierced blued steel hands, the matted center with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture, arched silvered signature plaque engraved Thomas Hally, London, female mask-and-foliate spandrels, dolphin spandrels in the arch flanking the silvered strike/silent ring, the five pillar movement with rack strike on a bell and with anchor escapement, the case with large foliate-carved giltwood flambeau urn finials to the caddy top with elaborately pierced wood sound frets supported on detached brass-capped columns, boxwood and ebony line-inlaid trunk door with brass escutcheon, similarly inlaid double-footed plinth
107in. (272cm.) high