Lot 142
FINE GEORGE II MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, MILES WEDRED (WETHERHEAD), KIRKBY LONSDALE, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
MID 18TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 31 January 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
the moulded swan neck pediment with carved rosettes above the 12in. arched brass and silvered dial with engraved star-spangled revolving moon phases above a Roman chapter ring with Arabic minute markings enclosing a partly matted centre dial engraved 'Tempus Fugit' and subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture; above a long trunk with quarter columns enclosing a panelled full length door with finely carved fanned and leafy mask to the top; the canted base on bold ogee moulded feet; the eight-day movement with finely turned and finned baluster pillars, smooth barrels and hourly rack striking on a large bell
Dimensions
58cm wide, 237cm high, 26cm deep
Footnote
Note: Clock cases of this type are discussed by Susan Stewart in her two volume 'GILLOWS of Lancaster and London', pgs 388-413, plate 479. For details on Miles Wetherhead, see 'Clockmakers of Northern England' by Brian Loomes pgs 278/9.