Dreweatts 1759
Lot 92
A WALNUT EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH AN ELEVEN-INCH DIALTHE DIAL INSCRIBED FOR RICHARD FENNELL, KENSINGTON, LATE 17th CENTURY AND LATERThe four finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, now fitted with an 11 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial and ringed winding holes and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Fleur-de-lys half markers, Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track and engraved Ric. Fennel, Kensington to lower margin, with scroll pierced steel hands and Indian mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles, in a walnut veneered case with ogee cornice and foliate fretwork frieze above hinged front with glazed dial aperture flanked by three-quarter columns with brass caps and bases, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex throat moulding over 42 inch rectangular door faced with book-matched veneers and centred with a brass lenticle within half-round crossgrain edge mouldings and line inlaid surround, the sides veneered with twin line-bordered panels within crossbanded surrounds, on conforming panel-veneered plinth base with ogee top mouldings and bun feet.203.5cm (80ins) high, 49.5cm (19.5ins) wide, 27.5cm (10.75ins) deep.Condition Report: The case marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useSplits and cracks, chips and lossesThe lower portion of the case appears to have been 'cut down' and shortened, it is out of proportion with the hoodMovement and case not guaranteed to be original togetherThere is a pendulum, and two metal cased weights available with the lot, the movement is untested, Dreweatts recommends that it receives professional attention from a clock restorer before use to give it a good clean and set up as required - we make no guarantees or comments as to whether it is working or give any comments as to longevity or accuracy.Placement of one hinge has been altered in position and has signs of filler in this placeLenticule glass intact Please see additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
