Lot Essay
Martin Jackson, Clockmaker's Company, 1697, Master 1721
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A WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK
EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND COMPOSITE
The dial signed Martin Jackson London on a silvered plaque in the arch, flanked by strike silent and regulation subsidiaries (both now vertigial) silvered chapter ring with steel hands and matted centre, the associated four pillar movement now striking on a gong, the case with caddy top and rectangular trunk door, double-footed plinth on later bun feet, case, dial and movement composite
approx. 107in. (271.5cm.) high
EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND COMPOSITE
The dial signed Martin Jackson London on a silvered plaque in the arch, flanked by strike silent and regulation subsidiaries (both now vertigial) silvered chapter ring with steel hands and matted centre, the associated four pillar movement now striking on a gong, the case with caddy top and rectangular trunk door, double-footed plinth on later bun feet, case, dial and movement composite
approx. 107in. (271.5cm.) high