Keys Fine Art Auctioneers
Lot 1723
An early 18th Century Walnut and Marquetry inlaid 8-day Long Case Clock, Samuel Macham, London, circa 1700, the lift-off hood with a moulded cornice to an applied and pierced frieze panel over three-quarter Ebonised barley twist columns and floral mask, to an ogee throat, and long trunk door with a central glazed lenticle, to a stepped plinth base, with an all over inlaid tulip and pink detail, and further bird and urn decoration to the door and Boxwood strung panel detail to the sides, to an engraved 11? square Brass dial with cast and applied cherub spandrels, enclosing a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with outside minute track and inside quarters and further half-hour markers, to a matted centre, with applied subsidiary seconds, rose engraved centre, ringed winding squares over a date sector and fitted with pierced and blued steel hands, the movement with plated united by five knopped and fined pillars with count wheel, pull repeat and anchor escapement with strike on a bell, supplied with bill of sale for £70 from ?Malcolm Gardner, 12 Earnshaw Street, London WC2 and dated February 12th 1943, published ?English Domestic Clocks Cesciniski and Webster? Page 139, 81 ½? high NOTE: This Lot may be viewed in Furniture Section adjacent to Lots 2238 and 2241) Condition:Face - Some slight marks to silvering on dial.Movement - Appears recently (last 20 years) cleaned and restrung.Hood - Crack to right handside glass. Damage/lifting to metal trim above door and loss to front corner of cornice. Tops of barleytwists loose. Some minor cracks/lifting to veneers.Case - Door hinges/lock appear replaced. Cracking/lift of veneer on door and throughout.**** Viewing is recommended ****Please note: Keys Fine Art Auctioneers take great care to ensure that any statements as to attribution, age, date, origin, provenance and condition are reliable and accurate but it should be noted that all such statements are skilled opinions prepared with due care, if provenance (written or historical fact) cannot be produced. However, Keys Fine Art Auctioneers do not guarantee that condition reports, whether included in the catalogue, or given at a later time, cover all aspects of an item(s) condition. All clocks, watches and mechanical items are sold on behalf of vendors by Keys Fine Art Auctioneers strictly on an “As Found” basis.No guarantee or warranty is issued or given in anyway, either written or verbal and therefore refunds will not be issued on the basis of the Lot not being “in working order”, “incomplete”, or “not in original condition”.Keys Fine Art Auctioneers would respectfully ask that prospective buyers view Lots in person, wherever issues regarding condition are seen as important to them, satisfying themselves as to the condition, completeness and originality of any Lot on which they intend to bid.
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