AN EBONISED OAK LONGCASE CLOCK

AN EBONISED OAK LONGCASE CLOCK

BY EDWARD BILBIE, CHEW STOKE, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

the brass thirty hour movement with four knopped pillars, the anchor escapement with outside countwheel and striking on a bell, the 11 inch brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman and Arabic numerals around a centre with a date aperture, engraved scrolling foliate decoration and inscribed 'Edwd. Bilbie CHEWSTOKE', the hood with a caddy top and a moulded cornice above blind fretwork, the trunk with a rectangular door with a bone escutcheon and a plinth base, with a weight and a pendulum

213cm high

Provenance

The Howard Collection of Oak and Works of Art.