William Brookes, Eton, an oak and mahogany longcase clock th...

Hammer

£65

William Brookes, Eton, an oak and mahogany longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong with the fourteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel hands, the centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with the four corners painted with shell decoration and the arch painted with a scene depicting two females in a garden, the case with mahogany crossbanding and raised panel to the base, the hood having fluted pillars and a pagoda top, height 222cm.