Lot Essay
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THE MOVEMENT BY JOHN WALLACE, BELFAST, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
An Irish mahogany longcase clock
The movement by John Wallace, Belfast, first quarter 19th Century
The arched hood with arched cresting, with arched trunk door and on a plinth raised on a waived skirting, the circualr white-painted Arabic dial with subsidiary seconds ring, signed WALLACE./BELFAST, the four pillar movement with anchor escapement and strike on bell, case and movement possibly associated
208.5cm. high
The movement by John Wallace, Belfast, first quarter 19th Century
The arched hood with arched cresting, with arched trunk door and on a plinth raised on a waived skirting, the circualr white-painted Arabic dial with subsidiary seconds ring, signed WALLACE./BELFAST, the four pillar movement with anchor escapement and strike on bell, case and movement possibly associated
208.5cm. high
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