
ANTIQUE Longcase Mahogany CLOCK - LCMAH 301 |
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| Title | LCMAH 301 |
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| Case | Good, small, nicely proportioned long door, boxwood strung mahogany case with eagle ball centred swan neck pediment and fluted “flying” hood columns.Typical of the period and location. | |
| Dial | 12” breakarch “Kempson and Felton” painted dial with moonphases to arch, Arabic “minutes numbered” outside large Arabic chapters, subsidiary seconds dial, “sad mouth” date aperture and punch decorated brass hands. | |
| Movement | Good quality 4 knopped pillar 8 day movement with hourly ( rack ) striking on a single bell. | |
| Maker | Morgan of Union Street, Bristol.This will be John Morgan who was at 31, High Street 1775 - 1814 then 14, Union Street in 1814.In 1815 the business became J.Morgan & Son so this clock may be accurately dated to 1814, especially so as the dialmaker is recorded 1808 – 1815 ( Weaman Street, Birmingham ). | |
| Date | 1814. | |
| Height | 83.8” ( 213 cms. ) or 81.8” ( 208 cms. ) ex. finial. | |
| Price | £6,750 | |