A GEORGE II GILT AND BLACK JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE

A GEORGE II GILT AND BLACK JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE
WILLIAM BASSETT, SWANSEA, CIRCA 1733
CASE: the hood with three brass flambeau vase finials to the caddy top, glazed door and sound frets with outset columns to the angles, the trunk door decorated with figures and birds in a landscape, the plinth with two figures on horseback; DIAL: the 14 inch arched brass dial with pierced foliate and mask head spandrels, the silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes and fleur-de-lis half-hour markers, engraved to the reverse 'John Garret 1733', the matted centre with pierced blued steel hands, subsidiary seconds ring and arched day of week indication with engraved corresponding zodiacal figures and symbols, date and 'strike / silent' indication to upper angles and moonphase/age of moon indication to arch and signed to the border 'WILLIAM BASSETT SWANSEY'; MOVEMENT: the eight-day movement with five ringed pillars, anchor escapement, the barrels and pulleys with gut lines, strike to bell
109 ¾ in. (279 cm.) high; 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep

Provenance
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