AN IRISH STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK
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AN IRISH STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK

THE MOVEMENT AND DIAL BY NEWMAN, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1720, THE MAHOGANY AND INLAID CASE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 5,000

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AN IRISH STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT AND DIAL BY NEWMAN, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1720, THE MAHOGANY AND INLAID CASE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
The hood with broken arch pediment, the case with inset trunk columns, later marquetry inlays, the 12 in. square brass dial extended to 14 in., signed on the chapter ring 'Newman Dublin', with subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture, ringed winding holes, the movement with four latched and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
87 in. (201 cm.) high; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep

Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922) when Viscount Althorp at Dallington, Northampton and then at Althorp from 1911.
Thereafter at North Creake, Norfolk until 1939 when returned to Althorp.