Mallams Ltd. - Abingdon
Lot 548
A GEORGE I WALNUT EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK by William Moore of London, the case with quarter veneered door with crossbanded border and moulded decoration, the hood with blind fret work banding and pilaster columns, the 12 inch brass dial with subsidiary second hand, signature plaque and date aperture to the matted centre, and with mask decorated spandrels to the corners, the movement striking the hours on a bell, 51cm wide x 27.5cm deep x 217cm high Condition: marks, dents and scratches overall due to age and use, the plinth base almost certainly a later addition, the plinth with inserted newer timber to the rear, the door with slight loss to the moulding top right corner, the lenticle a later insert, the interior of the door with an ivorine label for Percy Webster 87 Great Portland Street and with a further Percy Webster paper label stating that William Moore was apprenticed in 1693 to Ben Johnson, small loss to the crossbanded veneer at the top of the bracket just below the hood on the left hand side, the hood with lock lacking to the front door, signs of restoration to the structure and possibly later inset glass sides, the movement seemingly in reasonable condition but in need of a clean, complete with two matched cast iron weights, winding key and a pendulum
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