SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, BY WILLIAM GILLIES, ST. NINIANS
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SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, BY WILLIAM GILLIES, ST. NINIANS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
the brass breakarch dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture to the engraved centre mask, pierced brass spandrels, the arch set with a signature roundel signed ‘Wm Gillies, St Ninians’ flanked by a pair of pierced dolphins, the hood with broken swan neck pediment centred by a brass ball finial, above a boxwood pierced foliate frieze, the dial flanked by free Corinthian fluted columns with brass capitals, the trunk with shaped arch door with stringing flanked by Doric quarter columns, on a plain plinth base with step moulding on bracket feet, the twin train movement striking a bell
218cm high, 53cm wide, 25cm deep
Gillies, William, St. Ninians, 1775 - Old Scottish Clockmakers From 1453 to 1850, John Smith, p.159
LATE 18TH CENTURY
the brass breakarch dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture to the engraved centre mask, pierced brass spandrels, the arch set with a signature roundel signed ‘Wm Gillies, St Ninians’ flanked by a pair of pierced dolphins, the hood with broken swan neck pediment centred by a brass ball finial, above a boxwood pierced foliate frieze, the dial flanked by free Corinthian fluted columns with brass capitals, the trunk with shaped arch door with stringing flanked by Doric quarter columns, on a plain plinth base with step moulding on bracket feet, the twin train movement striking a bell
218cm high, 53cm wide, 25cm deep
Gillies, William, St. Ninians, 1775 - Old Scottish Clockmakers From 1453 to 1850, John Smith, p.159
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SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, BY WILLIAM GILLIES, ST. NINIANS
Estimate £400 - £600
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