LCMAH 377 - £9,850
SOLD
CASE DETAILS
A small, neat, pretty, long door, "typically Lewis" ( Lewes ) light flame mahogany case with breakarch top, brass insert, fluted, "flying" hood columns, plain hood quarter columns and side windows to hood.Breakarch top to trunk door, raised panel base and shallow bracket feet.
DIAL DETAILS
12" breakarch, engraved and silvered brass dial signed in flowing script - Henry Ellis Lewis, to large oval reserve in the arch.Subsidiary seconds dial, blued cut steel hands.
MOVEMENT DETAILS
High quality 8 day, 5 pillar, movement with QUARTER CHIMING on 8 bells and hourly ( rack ) striking on a further, larger bell.
MAKER DETAILS
Henry Ellis of Lewis is recorded Walwers Lane, Sussex 1818.
DATE - Circa 1820
HEIGHT - 82" ( 208.3 cms. ).
Allan Smith Antique Clocks
Specialising in antique longcase moonphase clocks with extensive showroom in Swindon, Wiltshire
Amity Cottage, 162 Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 7QE
Tel: 01793 822977
Mobile: 07778 834342
