Lot 887
A late 18th century walnut cased 8-day brass dial longcase clock.Robert Wentworth, Sarum...
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Lot 887
A late 18th century walnut cased 8-day brass dial longcase clock.Robert Wentworth, Sarum...
Lot 887
Lot Description
A late 18th century walnut cased 8-day brass dial longcase clock.
Robert Wentworth, Sarum (Salisbury), circa 1780.
The 12-inch break-arched dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing a matted centre with silvered subsidiary seconds dial over terrestrial calendar within mask and scroll spandrels, the arch with boss engraved "Rob't Wentworth Sarum", the four-pillar movement rack-striking on a bell, the case with pagoda hood having three ball-and-spire finials over pierced fretwork and fluted canted corners over break-arched crossbanded long trunk door, and a matching base with stepped plinth and carved bracket feet, 98.5", (250cm) high (sold with two weights, pendulum, two keys and winder)
Provenance: Private collection, listed on Insurance inventory February 1984.
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
Dial - tarnishing to chapter ring, scratch to boss.
Movement - dusty and dirty, needs a clean and overhaul.
Case - Missing centre finial; other finials probable replacements. Some cracking to case - mainly caps between crossgrain mouldings.. Warping to trunk door. Minor horizontal creasing to base (movement beneath veneer).
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