Antique Longcase Oak Clock -
LCOAK 316

A good, well proportioned, long door, quarter sawn oak longcase clock with cast brass spire/ball finial to centre of broken arch pediment, 12" engraved and silvered breakarch brass dial with moonphases to arch and 8 day movement by Gorfin of Stonehouse circa 1795.

LCOAK 316 - £6,850

CASE DETAILS

Good, small, well proportioned, long door, quarter sawn oak case with cast brass spire/ball central finial to broken arch pediment. Typical "pillars attached" hood door, matching hood rear quarter columns, shaped top to trunk door and simple plain strip plinth to base. Good colour and good patination.

DIAL DETAILS

12" breakarch engraved and silvered brass dial with moonphases to arch and THE MOONS AGE engraved to a "rainbow" at top of arch. Subsidiary seconds dial and "sad mouth" date aperture. Signed Wm. Gorfin Stonehouse to dial centre. Blued cut steel hands.

MOVEMENT DETAILS

8 day, 4 pillar movement with hourly ( rack ) striking and well executed moondrive mechanism.

MAKER DETAILS

Wm. ( William ) Gorfin of Stonehouse ( Gloucester ) is ( as yet ) an unrecorded maker.

DATE - Dating by style circa 1795.

HEIGHT - 82.7" ( 210 cms. ) or 80.7" ( 205 cms. ) ex. Finial.

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