A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

BY THOMAS BRIDGE LONDON, C.1700

the brass eight day movement with five finned and turned pillars, with an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the 11in dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed 'Tho Bridge London fecit', the matted centre engraved with flowers, with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with blued steel scroll hands and cherub mask spandrels, the marquetry case inlaid with panels of scrolling foliage, birds and flowers. the rising hood with a fret panel and spiral twist columns, the trunk door with a brass and glazed lenticle

209.8cm high

Provenance

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