George II burr elm longcase clock, the case with raised panel to skirted plinth with convex moulding, feather-banded arched trunk door, convex throat moulding to the hood with gilt-wood capped ¾-columns supporting the blind freize to the caddy top, the dial signed John Pollard, Crediton on the silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and decorated calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, foliate rocaille spandrels, the arch centred with a silvered disc engraved tempus fugit above an eagle, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement and pull trip repeat

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George II burr elm longcase clock, the case with raised panel to skirted plinth with convex moulding, feather-banded arched trunk door, convex throat moulding to the hood with gilt-wood capped ¾-columns supporting the blind freize to the caddy top, the dial signed John Pollard, Crediton on the silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and decorated calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, foliate rocaille spandrels, the arch centred with a silvered disc engraved tempus fugit above an eagle, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement and pull trip repeat
7ft.8½in. (235cm.)

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