This Longcase Oak?catList=LCOAK 285, Longcase Oak's Maker - Samuel Harley of Salop is recorded "Shrewsbury, 1766 - 1799. Became Mayor in 1784, Burgess 1795." Also known as a goldsmith.
This Longcase Oak?catList=LCOAK 285, Longcase Oak's Movement - Good quality 8 day, 4 pillar movement with hourly ( rack ) striking on a single bell. - Price: £8,750
ANTIQUE Longcase Oak?catList=LCOAK 285, Longcase Oak CLOCK - LCOAK 285 |
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| Title | LCOAK 285 |
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| Case | Good quality, well proportioned, long door, quarter sawn, oak case with mahogany crossbanding to trunk door and raised base panel. The typical box backed swan neck pediment having carved, gilded, wooden paterae, verre eglomise panels under, ogee section hood door flanked by Corinthian capped fluted columns with matching fluted trunk quarter columns. Shaped top to trunk door, raised quarter sawn oak base panel with canted corners to base.All set on ogee bracket feet. | |
| Dial | 13" breakarch brass dial with "Samuel Harley Salop" to top of arch, moonphases under, cast brass spandrels, raised silvered chapter ring having date calibrated inner,silvered and engraved centre zone with subsidiary seconds dial, blued cut steel hands and brass tipped blued cut steel date indicator. | |
| Movement | Good quality 8 day, 4 pillar movement with hourly ( rack ) striking on a single bell. | |
| Maker | Samuel Harley of Salop is recorded "Shrewsbury, 1766 - 1799. Became Mayor in 1784, Burgess 1795." Also known as a goldsmith. | |
| Date | Circa 1785. | |
| Height | 89" ( 226 cms. ) | |
| Price | £8,750 - SOLD | |