GEORGE GRAHAM
A Victorian eight day quarter chiming longcase clock
£6,400
Auction: 21 July 2004 at 11:30 BST
Description
the triple train movement with anchor escapement striking on four and eight bells, the brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, cast spandrels and moon phase to the arch, subsidiary seconds dial and strike/chime and four bells/eight bells, inscribed ‘George Graham, Clock Maker’, within elaborate mahogany case with satinwood panels, rosewood cross banding, boxwood and chequer stringing, gilt brass mounts, the straight corniced hood, trunk and base with fluted Corinthian columns to the angles, ball and eagle and cockerel finials, the trunk with glazed door
253cm high