James Greene, London a mahogany pagoda top longcase clock ha...

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£800 - £1,200

James Greene, London a mahogany pagoda top longcase clock having an eight-day duration, five-pillar movement striking the hours on a bell, with a pair of brass bound weights, the twelve-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute outer markings, the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and silvered plaque engraved with the makers name James Greene, London, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners, the arch with a silvered boss with a hand setting to allow for strike/silent, the mahogany case with brass inset to the fluted hood columns, flame finials to the pagoda top and a raised panel to the base, all standing on a double plinth, height 236cm. Notes: James Greene is recorded as having been apprenticed in 1736 and then working in London from 1747 until at least 1777. He is possibly the son of James Greene who was himself apprenticed to Henry Jones in 1678. Reference: Watch & Clockmakers of the World, Brian Loomes, Pub. N.A.G. Press 2006.