A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND GILTWOOD STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE
Lot 719

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND GILTWOOD STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE

MID-18TH CENTURY, THE ASSOCIATED MOVEMENT 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 14,375

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND GILTWOOD STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE
MID-18TH CENTURY, THE ASSOCIATED MOVEMENT 19TH CENTURY
The brass dial with recessed silvered plaque 'Isaac Nickals / Wells', with aperture for age of moon, subsidiary rings above for date and strike/silent, the arch with painted and engraved rolling moon (the original age calibration concealed behind the arch) within an applied silvered band calibrated VI-VI, the 8-day movement with recoil anchor escapement and rack strike to bell, the case later embellished
97 in. (246.4 cm.) high; 25 ¼ in. (61.5 cm.) wide; 10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 28 April 1990, lot 18.

Specialist note

A clock by Nickals with comparable astronomical dial is illustrated in 'The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks', Eric Burton, NAG Press, 1981, item 187.