A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND SEAWEED MARQUETRY STRIKING MONTH DURATION LONGCASE CLOCK
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A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND SEAWEED MARQUETRY STRIKING MONTH DURATION LONGCASE CLOCK

BY WILLIAM DAVIS, LONDON, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2010

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GBP 5,000

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A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND SEAWEED MARQUETRY STRIKING MONTH DURATION LONGCASE CLOCK
BY WILLIAM DAVIS, LONDON, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
CASE: with brass-capped columns, replaced frets to hood, glazed lentical to moulded trunk door over double stepped plinth DIAL: 12 in. square brass dial with engraved border, cherub and coronet spandrels to engraved and silvered chapter ring, subsidiary seconds and date square to matted centre with foliage engraving to the centre and signed 'Wm. Davis/London', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: with six ringed and latched pillars, anchor escapement and internal rack strike on bell, case possibly associated; two brass weights, pendulum
87½ in. (222 cm.) high; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) wide; 10¼ in. (27 cm.) deep

Acquired by Sir Sydney Barratt from F.E. Anderson & Son, Welshpool, 28 June 1956 for Summerhill, Staffordshire and later installed at Crowe Hall, Bath, 1961 and by descent.