JOHN JOYCE, ELLESMERE AN UNUSUAL EARLY GEORGE III OAK
JOHN JOYCE, ELLESMERE AN UNUSUAL EARLY GEORGE III OAK EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the hood with moulded breakfront pediment and caddy top surmounted by a gilt carved shell finial above a carved dated frieze and crossbanded glazed door with turned columns on a slender trunk with raised reeded columns on a breakfront box base; the 12" square brass dial fitted gilt masked spandrels and silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring surrounding a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture fronting and eight-day weight driven movement with and anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell (218cm high not including shell finial)
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JOHN JOYCE, ELLESMERE AN UNUSUAL EARLY GEORGE III OAK EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the hood with moulded breakfront pediment and caddy top surmounted by a gilt carved shell finial above a carved dated frieze and crossbanded glazed door with turned columns on a slender trunk with raised reeded columns on a breakfront box base; the 12" square brass dial fitted gilt masked spandrels and silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring surrounding a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture fronting and eight-day weight driven movement with and anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell (218cm high not including shell finial)
