A George III mahogany longcase clock, the case on bracket feet with raised rectangular panel to the plinth, arched trunk door, brass capped and fluted detached columns supporting the pagoda top surmounted by ball-and-spire finials, the dial signed Francis Shuttleworth Salisbury in the arch above the painted moonphase, brass chapter ring and dial centre with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, floral spandrels, the five pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement and now striking on gong on backboard

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A George III mahogany longcase clock, the case on bracket feet with raised rectangular panel to the plinth, arched trunk door, brass capped and fluted detached columns supporting the pagoda top surmounted by ball-and-spire finials, the dial signed Francis Shuttleworth Salisbury in the arch above the painted moonphase, brass chapter ring and dial centre with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, floral spandrels, the five pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement and now striking on gong on backboard
7ft.4in. (255cm.) high

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