Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 8th January 2020
Lot 208
A George III oak and mahogany longcase clock by Thomas Lister of Halifax
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £550
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Description
A George III oak and mahogany longcase clock by Thomas Lister of Halifax, the eight day brass movement with four turned pillars and an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the arched thirteen inch dial with a silvered chapter ring, with Roman and Arabic numerals, with a subsidiary calendar dial with engraved flowers and foliage and signed 'THOS. LISTER HALIFAX', with engraved gilt hands, the moon-phase painted with a sailing ship and a hunting scene with engraved globe details, with gilt Rococo spandrels, the case with a broken swan neck arched hood centred with an eagle finial, the trunk with lozenge bands and fluted quarter pilasters and inlaid with oval paterae, 240cm high.
Provenance: By family repute, Colonel Schletter of The Priory, Orpington, gifted it to the current vendor's family.