Antique Longcase Oak Clock -
LCOAK 324

Early 19C longcase clock by Samuel Pearse of Axminster. SMALL, long door, flat top oak case with engraved and silvered brass dial.8 day movement.

LCOAK 324 - £4,750

CASE DETAILS

Good, SMALL, neat, long door, flat top, "Typically Westcountry" oak case with "pillars attached" hood door, matching hood quarter columns, plus mahogany details and crossbanding. All set on shallow bracket feet.

DIAL DETAILS

12" square engraved and silvered brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, "sad mouth" date lunette, and cut steel lozenge hands.

MOVEMENT DETAILS

Good quality, 8 day, 4 pillar movement with hourly ( rack ) striking.

MAKER DETAILS

Samuel Pearse of Axminster is recorded as advertising for an apprentice in 1806 and we know that he was listed at Lyme St. in 1830 and that his wife died in 1837.

DATE - Dating by style, circa 1810.

HEIGHT - 74.5" ( 189.3 cms. ).

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