Lot 7002
A mid-19th century oak cased longcase clock with a swan’s neck pediment and wooden paterae, with a s...
A mid-19th century oak cased longcase clock with a swan’s neck pediment and wooden paterae, with a square hood door flanked by matching ring turned pillars, trunk with reeded cluster columns, short double pointed arch topped door with crossbanding, on a square plinth with inlaid crossbanding and bracket feet, with a 14” square painted dial with Roman numerals, minute track and matching painted spandrels, semi circular date aperture with date wheel behind, matching brass hands, dial inscribed “Scales, Kendal”, dial pinned directly to a 30hour weight driven countwheel movement striking the hours on a cast bell. With steel chain, weight and pendulum. The Scales were a prolific family of 19th century clockmakers in Kendal, Cumbria, they are also recorded in trade directories of the period as working as goldsmiths and dentists.
9055
SOLD £140