SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, J. BAYNE, STIRLING
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 and date dials to the engraved centre, signed ‘J. Bayne, Striling’, engraved spandrels, the arch with engraved scene of men herding a bull in a market with dogs, the flat caddy top with fret panels surmounted by a pierced gallery, the door flanked by gilt metal Corinthian stop fluted columns, the trunk with dentine frieze moulding over a shaped arched door with marquetry shell roundel flanked by quarter gilt metal Corinthian stop fluted columns, on a square plinth base, the twin train weight driven movement striking to a bell
Dimensions
207cm high, 50cm wide, 25cm deep