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A GEORGE II BLACK AND GOLD JAPANNED LONG CASE CLOCK
The peaked hood with ball finials and arched glazed door flanked by colonnettes, the trunk with arched door decorated with Chinese figures before pavilions, the base similarly decorated, the whole with floral chinoiseries, the brass dial signed Benjamin Sudlow, Yarmouth with brass chapter ring, subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture and strike/silent in the arch, with urn, scroll and dolphin spandrels, the movement with anchor escapement striking the hour on a single bell (restorations to case and movement)-95in. (241cm.) high
The peaked hood with ball finials and arched glazed door flanked by colonnettes, the trunk with arched door decorated with Chinese figures before pavilions, the base similarly decorated, the whole with floral chinoiseries, the brass dial signed Benjamin Sudlow, Yarmouth with brass chapter ring, subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture and strike/silent in the arch, with urn, scroll and dolphin spandrels, the movement with anchor escapement striking the hour on a single bell (restorations to case and movement)-95in. (241cm.) high