Lot n° 90
A late 17th century walnut longcase clock
Joseph Windmills, London
The square topped hood with moulded cornice over turned 3/4 and 1/4 columns, the concave throat moulding over a long trunk door with feather banded decoration, D-moulded edge and shaped inlaid panels of burr walnut centred by a lenticle on a cross banded and panel inlaid base. The 11 inch square brass dial with cherub spandrels interspersed by engraved foliate scrolls, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fancy cruciform half-hour marks signed between VII and V enclosing the matted centre with ringed winding squares, subsidiary seconds and circular date aperture, the movement with five knopped and finned latched pillars, anchor escapement with inside countwheel striking on a bell. Together with two period brass weights and a pendulum. 2m (6ft 6.5ins) high.
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