Lot 1
A mahogany longcase clock by James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, no.2586, the drum shaped hood with reed and lappet carving, the trunk with glazed arched door surmounted by honeysuckle and scroll carving, the door flanked by honeysuckle topped bow pilasters and enclosing brass cased weights and a wooden pendulum with brass faced bob, the plinth with moulded panel and raised on stepped base, the eight day five pillar movement with dead beat escapement, the back plate signed James McCabe, London, No.2586 and with rack strike on a coiled gong, the circular silvered dial with strike/silent, subsidary seconds and Roman numerals, pendulum, two weights and keys, 193cm high.
