A George III mahogany and brass-mounted eight day longcase clock
JOHN HOLMES, LONDON. CIRCA 1775
A George III mahogany and brass-mounted eight day longcase clock John Holmes London. Circa 1775 The breakarch hood with moulded cornice and brass ball finial, arched brass fishscale sound frets to the sides and canted and reeded angles to the front, the breakarch trunk door with moulded frame, above panelled and double-footed plinth, the 12 in. wide silvered dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture, signed HOLMES/156,STRAND LONDON , blued steel hands, with strike/silent ring in the arch, the movement with thick brass plates joined by five pillars, anchor escapement with anti-friction dog-leg crutch piece, maintaining power, rack strike on bell; wood rod 'Ludlam' pendulum with massive circular lead bob and subsidiary spherical calibrated brass regulating bob, two brass weights 87½ in. (222 cm.) high
A George III mahogany and brass-mounted eight day longcase clock
JOHN HOLMES, LONDON. CIRCA 1775
A George III mahogany and brass-mounted eight day longcase clock John Holmes London. Circa 1775 The breakarch hood with moulded cornice and brass ball finial, arched brass fishscale sound frets to the sides and canted and reeded angles to the front, the breakarch trunk door with moulded frame, above panelled and double-footed plinth, the 12 in. wide silvered dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture, signed HOLMES/156,STRAND LONDON , blued steel hands, with strike/silent ring in the arch, the movement with thick brass plates joined by five pillars, anchor escapement with anti-friction dog-leg crutch piece, maintaining power, rack strike on bell; wood rod 'Ludlam' pendulum with massive circular lead bob and subsidiary spherical calibrated brass regulating bob, two brass weights 87½ in. (222 cm.) high
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