ANTIQUE Longcase Mahogany CLOCK - LCMAH 279 |
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Title | LCMAH 279 |
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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 and 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 - SOLD | |