George III Brass-Mounted Mahogany Longcase Clock by Eardley Norton, London
Last quarter 18th century
The 12-inch brass break-arch dial with silvered subsidiary seconds and date dials within a silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced blued steel hands and rococo cast spandrels to angles beneath subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by conforming mounts within curved nameplate engraved ' EARDLEY NORTON LONDON'to arch; the mahogany case with brass ball finial-mounted pagoda hood with glazed panel above a blind fret panel above brass stop-fluted columns flanking the glazed dial aperture, the sides with glazed panels, the trunk with arched flame-figured door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns over raised panel-fronted plinth base with shaped apron. Height of case without finials 97 inches (246.3 cm).

Provenance:
George Strong, Jr., Wyndmoor, Pa.

Eardley Norton (fl. 1760-94), 49 St. John Street, Clerkenwell.

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Please note that Doyle does not guarantee a functioning clock movement and strongly recommends that interested potenial buyers consult a clock restorer before puchasing. Four pillar two-train movement with anchor escapement. Lacking sound fret panels, hood with later elements, restorations, sunfading, especially to front door, which was probably once warped and now with later (plywood?) backing, losses to moldings of plinth, old marks and scratches; together with pendulum, two weights, crank, three brass steeple finials.

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