Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day One - 5th July 2023

Lot 314

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £300

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Description

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK

BY MOSES TRUGARD, DARTMOUTH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

the brass eight day movement with four knopped pillars and an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the silvered dial with black Roman hours and Arabic minutes, with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and inscribed 'MOSES TRUGARD / DARTMOUTH' to the centre engraved with a harbour scene, the hood with a square door flanked by tapering columns, with an arched trunk door, with weights and pendulum

190.5cm high