Duke's Auction - 5th, 6th & 7th December 2012

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1584 A GEORGE III LONGCASE CLOCK with a silvered dial signed “Hampson, Bury” with a central date aperture and engraved motto “I ferve the here with all my might to tell the hours by day or night therefore example take by me and ferve thy God as I ferve the”, with a thirty hour movement striking on a bell, the trunk with an arched top door between quarter recessed columns, 88” high

1579 A GEORGE III OAK AND MAHOGANY CROSSBANDED LONGCASE CLOCK BY Roberts of Bangor, the white painted dial with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with an eight day two train movement striking on a bell, the elaborate hood with swan-neck pediment and turned columns, above a short trunk door flanked by half columns, 87” high

£400-800

1585 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, the arch topped dial signed “Jno. Hardy, Preston”, the arch with date and strike/silent dial, the two train movement striking on a bell signed “John Hardy, Bradford”, the case with arched top, the sides with fish scale brass panels, on gilt metal bracket feet, 17” high

1580 A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK by John Smith, Bungay, the case with long arched door above a rectangular plinth, the hood with turned tapering pilasters surmounted by a fretwork frieze, the brass arched dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, inscribed “I Mark Time Doest Thou” with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with a two train eight movement striking on a bell, 87” high

£400-800

£300-500

1582 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the white enamel dial with central moon phase dial and date aperture, indistinctly signed “J.W. ... Macclesfield” with a two train eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with and eagle and ball finial, the dial flanked by square section columns, above a tall trunk door flanked by satinwood stringing, 85” high

£800-1,500

1587 A GEORGE III OAK AND MAHOGANY THIRTY HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK, the painted arch dial with Roman numerals, inscribed “P. Brownsword, Derby” with painted scenes of a shepherdess and castles. The case crossbanded in mahogany with a shell inlay to the door, 87” high

£300-500

1583 A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, the white enamel dial signed “Fletcher, Chester” with painted arch and subsidiary seconds and date dials, with an eight day movement striking on a bell, the tall hood with swan-neck pediment and blind fret frieze, above a tall trunk door, 91” high

£600-800

1586 A GEORGE III OAK AND MAHOGANY CROSSBANDED LONGCASE CLOCK with brass dial signed “Richardson, Weverham”(sic) , the silvered chapter ring surrounding a central subsidiary seconds dial and date dial, with an eight day two train movement striking on a bell, the flat top hood with a painted wooden panel signed “J. French, CabinetMaker, Weaverham”(sic), the dial flanked by turned fluted columns, the tall trunk with an arched top door, between quarter recessed columns, on a conforming base, 79” high

1581 A GEORGE III LONGCASE CLOCK, the white painted dial signed “W.M. Onions, Broseley” and the dial with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with a two train movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan-neck pediment and turned columns, 87” high

£250-450

£200-400

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£200-400


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