A mid-19th century Cornish inlaid mahogany eight day longcas...

Hammer

£150

A mid-19th century Cornish inlaid mahogany eight day longcase clock by Hodge of Helston - the signed, painted arched Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and arched date aperture, gilt hands, painted castle ruin spandrels and a painted female figure in a landcape to the arch, fronting a bell strike movement with four ring knopped pillars, the case with arched hood with fretwork cresting and mask to the glazed door, flanked by barleytwist columns, over a trunk with geometric ebony banding and canted corners, the similarly inlaid base with bracket feet, 206.5cm high, lacks pendulum and weights.