Furniture, Works of Art, Carpets & Clocks - including the Homm Collection of Carpets Part One - 15th January 2025
Lot 497
A MAHOGANY AND OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £88
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Description
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