Lot Number 323

An interesting 8-day brass dial longcase clock, the case of mahogany with inlaid stringing and Sheraton style wheel decoration, slide off hood flanked by turned columns, cast Corinthian stye capitals and surmounted by a swan-necked pediment with single ball and spire brass finial, decorative 10'' brass dial with central star shaped engraving and zig-zag lines typical of an 18th century North Oxfordshire Quaker maker such as Gilkes of Adderbury (though unsigned), blued steel hands appear contemporary with the dial, the movement likely a later replacement from the style and use of a falseplate, with pendulum and two cast-iron weights., 10'' brass dial with Roman numerals, 197 cm (h) [W]