Lot n° 89
A mid 18th century burr walnut longcase clock
Windmills and Wightman, London
The case with arched hood and deep moulded cornice on freestanding stop-fluted Doric columns with glazed sides, the long arched trunk door of lively figuring within a moulded edge and featherbanding on a matching base. The 12-inch arched brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring framed by cast mask spandrels, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds and date aperture, signed in the arch on a silvered plaque with wheatear border Windmills and Wightman, London, with blued steel hands. The movement with rectangular plates supported by five knopped pillars, striking the hours via rack on a bell mounted above. Together with a pendulum and pair of later weights. 228cms (90ins) high.
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