Lot 1468
A William IV mahogany longcase clock, the 36cm arched painted dial inscribed *** H***, Burslem, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, rolling moon phase to arch, twin-winding holes, the spandrels emblematic of the Four Continents, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case with swan neck pediment, turned columns, shaped rectangular door to waist, outlined throughout with boxwood and ebony stringing, 235cm high, c. 1835The maker is almost certainly John Spencer Hill, who was born 1798 in Coventry, where he was apprenticed 1812-1819 moving to Burslem on his marriage. He was later of Queen Street, Wolstanton, and died in 1854. Condition Report: Central finial to hood missing, gut lines loose; dial faded.
