Lot 181
A mid 18th century mahogany and giltwood astrological longcase clock By Thomas Ogden, Halifax, 30 day duration
Auction: 8 December 2006 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the triple train movement with anchor escapement striking on bells, the arched brass dial with urn and eagle cast spandrels, silvered Roman chapter ring with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the arch with silvered and painted solar phase dial, centred by an engraved map of the northern hemisphere and with dials to either side marked "for sunrise, sunset" and with the signs of the zodiac, the hood with caddy top surmounted by a flaming urn finial, above a verre eglomise swan neck pediment with further finials, the arched glazed door flanked by fluted Corinthian columns, the case with crossbanded shaped trunk door flanked by fluted Corinthian quarter column angles, the base with moulded crossbanded panel on moulded plinth
Dimensions
67.5cm wide, 270cm high, 31cm deep
Footnote
Provenance; The Drambuie Collection