George I walnut month-going longcase clock

SAMUEL HARRIS, LONDON

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George I walnut month-going longcase clock
Samuel Harris, London
The case with plinth on double foot, breakarch trunk door, the hood with caddy top supported on brass-capped -columns, the dial signed Sam Harris, London on a brass plaque in the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring, brass Roman and Arabic chapter ring with pierced steel hands, mask-and-foliate spandrels within a wheatear engraved border, strike/silent ring in the arch flanked by dolphin spandrels, the five ringed pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell; the dial and movement probably an early association
8ft 8 ins (264 cm high)

Lot Essay

On the back of the dial are four truncated old dial feet indicating that the dial originally belonged to a different movement. There is also evidence of a single winding hole now covered by the arched signature plaque possibly indicating that the dial was originally to be made for a year-going movement.
Judging by the patina of the alteration and the fact that the present movement is also of long duration it seems possible that the alterations might have been made in Harris's workshop.

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