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EDWARD ROBINSON, LONDON. CIRCA 1770
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A George III walnut longcase clock
Edward Robinson, London. Circa 1770
The ebony and fruitwood chequer-strung and cross-banded case with double skirt to the plinth, concave moulding beneath the breakarch trunk door, the hood with detached brass-capped reeded columns, dial signed Edward Robinson London on a silvered plaque in the matted centre with seconds ring and calendar aperture, pierced steel hands, silvered chapter ring with lozenge half hour markers, urn-and-eagle spandrels, strike/silent ring in the arch flanked by dolphin spandrels, the movement with four pillars (the fifth now removed), anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell
7ft. 5in. (227cm.) high
Edward Robinson, London. Circa 1770
The ebony and fruitwood chequer-strung and cross-banded case with double skirt to the plinth, concave moulding beneath the breakarch trunk door, the hood with detached brass-capped reeded columns, dial signed Edward Robinson London on a silvered plaque in the matted centre with seconds ring and calendar aperture, pierced steel hands, silvered chapter ring with lozenge half hour markers, urn-and-eagle spandrels, strike/silent ring in the arch flanked by dolphin spandrels, the movement with four pillars (the fifth now removed), anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell
7ft. 5in. (227cm.) high
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