拍品专文
James Reith apprenticed in 1698, Freeman of the Clockmakers' Company 1705-36.
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JAMES REITH, LONDON, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
细节
A George II walnut and burr-walnut longcase clock
James Reith, London, second quarter 18th Century
The case with side glasses and later frets to the hood, the 12 in. square brass dial with urn and foliate spandrels to silvered chapter ring with half hour and half quarter hour markers, matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture, signed on an oval plaque James Reith/London, the applied arch (possibly later) with strike/silent ring, eight day five ringed pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on bell; case possibly associated to dial and movement, circa 1725
83½ in. (212 cm.) high
James Reith, London, second quarter 18th Century
The case with side glasses and later frets to the hood, the 12 in. square brass dial with urn and foliate spandrels to silvered chapter ring with half hour and half quarter hour markers, matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture, signed on an oval plaque James Reith/London, the applied arch (possibly later) with strike/silent ring, eight day five ringed pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on bell; case possibly associated to dial and movement, circa 1725
83½ in. (212 cm.) high
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