Lot Essay
Henry Higginbotham is recorded working in Macclesfield circa 1780.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
HENRY HIGGINBOTHAM, MACCLESFIELD, CIRCA 1780/90
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
HENRY HIGGINBOTHAM, MACCLESFIELD, CIRCA 1780/90
With 14 in. wide brass frame to silvered and engraved Roman and Arabic dial, inner concentric calendar ring, sweep seconds, black-painted steel hands, signed 'Henry Higginbotham MACCLESFIELD', with C-scroll and rockwork ormolu spandrels, the arch with painted rolling moon, the two-train movement with four knopped pillars, anchor escapement, hour strike on bell, later seatboard, the case with a scrolled broken pediment centred by a cabochon above pierced blind foliate fretwork, with glazed arched door flanked by fluted columns, above a blind-fret frieze and shaped arched door flanked by fluted columnar angles, the base with rusticated angles, on shaped foliate-carved bracket feet, with remains of BADA label, inscribed in chalk '47', the case and movement probably associated
98 in. (249 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) deep
HENRY HIGGINBOTHAM, MACCLESFIELD, CIRCA 1780/90
With 14 in. wide brass frame to silvered and engraved Roman and Arabic dial, inner concentric calendar ring, sweep seconds, black-painted steel hands, signed 'Henry Higginbotham MACCLESFIELD', with C-scroll and rockwork ormolu spandrels, the arch with painted rolling moon, the two-train movement with four knopped pillars, anchor escapement, hour strike on bell, later seatboard, the case with a scrolled broken pediment centred by a cabochon above pierced blind foliate fretwork, with glazed arched door flanked by fluted columns, above a blind-fret frieze and shaped arched door flanked by fluted columnar angles, the base with rusticated angles, on shaped foliate-carved bracket feet, with remains of BADA label, inscribed in chalk '47', the case and movement probably associated
98 in. (249 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) deep