Lot 56

SCOTTISH MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, BY DAVID HILL, EDINBURGH
LATE 18TH CENTURY





Auction: Day 1
£1,386
Description
the swan neck pediment centred by a brass eagle finial above gilt metal panels with laurel appliques, the door flanked by Corinthian fluted columns, enclosing a 12 inch engraved silvered breakarch dial with Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, subsidiary seconds dial, the arch with ‘Strike/Silent’ dial, signed ‘David Hill Ednr', the trunk with a shaped arch door flanked by Corinthian fluted quarter columns, on a square plinth base with reeded angles, the twin train movement with anchor escapement, striking a bell
Dimensions
217cm high, 53cm wide, 27cm deep
Footnote
Note: David Hill is recorded active in Edinburgh from 1761-1779.




