DESCRIPTION:
Timothy Mason, Gainsborough, England, tall clock. 8 day, time and strike, weight driven movement, c1720, in a c1770 pagoda top oak case with brass finials. Early brass dial with silvered chapter ring, ringed winding holes, engraved center, date calendar, second's bit, applied brass spandrels, dolphins in arch flanking the silvered penny-moon phase and signed by maker engraved on chapter ring at 6.
CONDITION:
the case is refinished and the finials are replacements. The case was shortened at some time and there has been restoration to the base to return to the proper height. The key to the trunk door is absent. The second's hand is missing and there is tarnishing and loss to the silvering.
ESTIMATE:
$1000
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$1500
PRICE SOLD:
$450
CIRCA: 1760
DIMENSIONS: 94.5in x 18.5in x 9in
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