A MAHOGANY AND OAK LONGCASE CLOCK

A MAHOGANY AND OAK LONGCASE CLOCK

BY JOHN MAY, SOUTHAMPTON, LATE 18TH CENTURY

the brass thirty hour movement with four knopped pillars, an anchor escapement, an outside countwheel and striking on a bell, with a 12 inch brass dial inscribed 'John May SOUTHAMPTON', the chapter ring with black Roman and Arabic numerals around a matted centre with a subsidary date aperture, the hood with turned columns on a trunk with a rectangular door and stepped base

196cm high

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE