Antique Longcase Mahogany Clocks - In Detail


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Title LCMAH 279
   
Case Classic "Edinburgh" high quality, figured mahogany, long door case of excellent slender proportions.The swan neck pediment with red "silk" backed frets surmounted by 2 spire/ball and one eagle/ball finial.Side windows to hood.Shallow bracket feet.
Dial 12" breakarch brass dial with separate chapter ring and spandrels, matted centre, subsidiary seconds dial, square date box and name in boss to arch.
Movement Good quality 4 pillar movement with hourly ( rack ) striking.
Maker Normand ( also seen spelt Normond ) Mac. Pherson of Edinburgh was of aristocratic ancestry.Longcase by him in the British Linen Bank, Edinburgh, died 1783.
Date Circa 1775.
Height 86" ( 219 cms. ) or 84" ( 213.4 cms. ) ex finials.
Price £11,250