£1,100
Two train flat bed turret clock, manufactured by Foster and Co, Mayes St, Manchester, the movement drives to a single face with a countwheel for the hourly strike, the 4" dial signed Foster, Manchester, within a dark green painted cast iron housing fixed to a bespoke made oak trough (with pendulum rod, five weights and three pulleys)
** This clock was fitted to the Compstall Cooperative Society shop premises in Market Street, Marple in Cheshire. The shop opened 29th March 1913 and was operating for almost 100 years. A photograph of the shop is sold with the lot
This turret clock appears in excellent condition having been refurbished, the overall dimensions of the wooden trough are 33" wide by 15.25" deep and the maximum height of the framework holding the escapement is 21.5", the height of the main frame housing the movement is 12" high, see images for guidance, personal viewing always advised where possible
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