LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
a george iii mahogany longcase clock
late 18th century
The hood with waisted pediment centred by a glazed painted panel, the columns with frontal brass stop-fluting, glazed side panels, the breakarch trunk door with moulded border, on stepped plinth (cut), the white dial painted with flowers, with eagle to the arch inscribed TEMPUS FUGIT, subsidiary seconds ring to the centre and date aperture with replaced ring, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement, associated, adaptations, damages
88in. (224cm.) high
late 18th century
The hood with waisted pediment centred by a glazed painted panel, the columns with frontal brass stop-fluting, glazed side panels, the breakarch trunk door with moulded border, on stepped plinth (cut), the white dial painted with flowers, with eagle to the arch inscribed TEMPUS FUGIT, subsidiary seconds ring to the centre and date aperture with replaced ring, the four pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement, associated, adaptations, damages
88in. (224cm.) high
Further details
See Colour Illustration (Plate 8)