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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
S. Solomon. Lewes
The case with beading to the skirted plinth, break-arch trunk door with gilt-metal escutcheon lock, similar lock to the hood door flanked by brass-capped and reeded detached columns surmounted by ball-and-spire finials, the silvered engraved dial signed S. Solomon Lewes within the Roman chapter ring with subsidiary seconds and calendar rings, black painted pierced brass hands, strike/silent ring in the arch, the five pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement
6 ft. 10½ in. (210 cm.) high
S. Solomon. Lewes
The case with beading to the skirted plinth, break-arch trunk door with gilt-metal escutcheon lock, similar lock to the hood door flanked by brass-capped and reeded detached columns surmounted by ball-and-spire finials, the silvered engraved dial signed S. Solomon Lewes within the Roman chapter ring with subsidiary seconds and calendar rings, black painted pierced brass hands, strike/silent ring in the arch, the five pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement
6 ft. 10½ in. (210 cm.) high