GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, BENJAMIN LOCKWOOD, SWAFFHAM
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One, Other Properties | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 171 to 402
Description
the breakarch brass dial with Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, a subsidiary second dial and date aperture to the engraved centre, signed ‘Benjamin Lockwood, Swaffham’, pierced spandrels, the arch with a subsidiary ‘Strike/Silent’ dial, the shaped arch broken swan neck pediment with three brass eagle and ball finials, the door flanked by Doric columns, the trunk with plain breakarch door, on a plain square plinth base with bracket feet, the twin train weight driven movement striking to a bell
Dimensions
235cm high, 45cm wide, 24cm deep