Lot 27

FINE WILLIAM & MARY FLORAL MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK
ALEXANDER RAITT LONDON, CIRCA 1690






Auction: 28 September 2011 at 13:00 BST
£17,500
Description
the convex moulded cornice above a brass dial with silvered chapter with Roman and Arabic numbers, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperature, two winding holes and inscribed 'Alex. Raitt/ London', the spandrels set with winged cupid masks and flanked by barley twist columns; the trunk with a long door fitted with a lenticle, with overall fine marquetry depicting birds and flowering urns
Dimensions
38cm wide, 227cm high





