AN ENGLISH WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK IN THE DUTCH STYLE OF MONTH DURATION
THE MOVEMENT BY JOSEPH NORRIS, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE CASE LATER
CASE: elaborate carved cresting and cornices, trunk door with wreath-carved lenticle frame, above tetrafoil-inlaid plinth raised on later skirting, with inventory label 'Cowdray/306/1919' to inside door DIAL: 10¾ in. square brass dial with mask and foliate spandrels, signed along lower edge 'Joseph Norris London', silvered chapter ring, matted centre with date aperture and subsidiary seconds ring, replaced hands MOVEMENT: latched movement with arched plates joined by five pillars, formerly with alarm and bolt-and-shutter work, high position countwheel to back plate for strike on bell, replaced escapement, alterations and replaced wheelwork to movement; two brass weights, pendulum
88½ in. (225 cm.) high; 14 in. (36 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
AN ENGLISH WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK IN THE DUTCH STYLE OF MONTH DURATION
THE MOVEMENT BY JOSEPH NORRIS, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE CASE LATER
CASE: elaborate carved cresting and cornices, trunk door with wreath-carved lenticle frame, above tetrafoil-inlaid plinth raised on later skirting, with inventory label 'Cowdray/306/1919' to inside door DIAL: 10¾ in. square brass dial with mask and foliate spandrels, signed along lower edge 'Joseph Norris London', silvered chapter ring, matted centre with date aperture and subsidiary seconds ring, replaced hands MOVEMENT: latched movement with arched plates joined by five pillars, formerly with alarm and bolt-and-shutter work, high position countwheel to back plate for strike on bell, replaced escapement, alterations and replaced wheelwork to movement; two brass weights, pendulum
88½ in. (225 cm.) high; 14 in. (36 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
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