The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 218
AN EBONISED OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
Estimate £250 - £350
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
AN EBONISED OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
BY EDWARD BILBIE, CHEW STOKE, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
the brass thirty hour movement with four knopped pillars, the anchor escapement with outside countwheel and striking on a bell, the 11 inch brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman and Arabic numerals around a centre with a date aperture, engraved scrolling foliate decoration and inscribed 'Edwd. Bilbie CHEWSTOKE', the hood with a caddy top and a moulded cornice above blind fretwork, the trunk with a rectangular door with a bone escutcheon and a plinth base, with a weight and a pendulum
213cm high
Provenance
The Howard Collection of Oak and Works of Art.