Lot
30
AN ENGLISH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY JAMES WALKER, LONDON, THE CASE ASSOCIATED, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Estimate
GBP 1,800 - GBP 2,500
AN ENGLISH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY JAMES WALKER, LONDON, THE CASE ASSOCIATED, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The 12 inch square dial with date aperture and subsidiary seconds to the matted centre, the silvered chapter ring signed 'James Walker, London', the eight-day movement joined by five knopped and finned pillars, with recoil anchor escapement and internal countwheel strike to bell, the bell cast with number '20' and 'R WELLS'
94 ¼ in. (239.3 cm.) high; 19 ¼ in. (48.9 cm.) wide; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
Provenance
Percy Webster.