Mid 19th century
Estimate: | £500 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £450 |
The glazed case with removable arched cresting piece, above shallow double arch, with 6 1/2in white enamel dial and slender pierced blued steel hands, within a cast bezel, the three-train movement with deadbeat escapement and striking on coiled gongs, with ebonised wood rod large brass bob pendulum
112cm high excluding removable cresting piece and carved terminal; 130cm overall
CONDITION REPORT
The clock has three brass cased weights, its pendulum and a winding key.
The movement has not been cleaned for some time and is dirty. The pierced pendulum crutch has been poorly repaired with soft solder. The dial is original, not restored, but has lost two of the winding aperture bushes. The case appears to have been poorly repolished and has some scratches. It would benefit from some sympathetic work.