A George III oak longcase clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the 11-inch square brass
A George III oak longcase clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the 11-inch square brass dial with silvered chapter ring framing a foliate engraved silvered centre with subsidiary seconds and inscribed 'Thos Harben Lewes', cornered with cast and pierced gilt foliate spandrels, the hood with caddy top and ball finials above a glazed door and turned columns, the trunk with rectangular door on a plain base and plinth, height 194cm, with pendulum and two weights. Note: Thomas Harben II is a recorded clockmaker, son of Thomas Harden I, born 1739, married in 1766 and died in 1803.
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A George III oak longcase clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the 11-inch square brass dial with silvered chapter ring framing a foliate engraved silvered centre with subsidiary seconds and inscribed 'Thos Harben Lewes', cornered with cast and pierced gilt foliate spandrels, the hood with caddy top and ball finials above a glazed door and turned columns, the trunk with rectangular door on a plain base and plinth, height 194cm, with pendulum and two weights. Note: Thomas Harben II is a recorded clockmaker, son of Thomas Harden I, born 1739, married in 1766 and died in 1803.