A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

A WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

BY WILLIAM SALISBURY LONDON, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

the brass eight day movement with five finned and turned pillars, with an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the twelve inch dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, signed 'Wm Salisbury London', the matted centre engraved with flowers, with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with blued steel scroll hands and angel mask spandrels, the marquetry case inlaid with scrolling foliage, birds and flowers. the hood with a fret panel and turned columns, the trunk door with a glazed lenticle

213.9cm high

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.