A George III mahogany longcase clock, the case on bracket feet with stop-chamfered angles to the plinth, fluted quarter columns flanking the shaped flame-venered trunk door with decorative escutcheon, similar detached columns to the hood with swan-neck pediment, the dial signed Samuel Collier Eccles on a silvered arc above the rolling moonphase in the arch, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the centre with subsidiary seconds and calendar ring and engraved with birds of paradise, female mask-and-foliate spandrels, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement and strike on bell

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A George III mahogany longcase clock, the case on bracket feet with stop-chamfered angles to the plinth, fluted quarter columns flanking the shaped flame-venered trunk door with decorative escutcheon, similar detached columns to the hood with swan-neck pediment, the dial signed Samuel Collier Eccles on a silvered arc above the rolling moonphase in the arch, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the centre with subsidiary seconds and calendar ring and engraved with birds of paradise, female mask-and-foliate spandrels, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement and strike on bell
7ft.10in. (239cm.) high

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