Scottish Pine Longcase Clock

18th century

Sold by Worboys Antiques

Description

An original late 18th Century Scottish longcase clock. It has a flat top hood with a break arch door and side windows, a long door and bracket a feet base. The break arch brass dial has fine engraving with a silvered chapter ring and a name plate signed Ramsay , Bathgate. It also has a subsidiary seconds dial and a date window with nicely pierced period steel hands.. It has an 8 day movement that strikes the hours on a bell.(Scotland, c. 1780)

Dimensions

202.00cm high 54.00cm wide 26.00cm deep (79.53 inches high 21.26 inches wide 10.24 inches deep )

Current Condition

The case has been stripped and waxed but not recently, the dial has just been restored and the movement serviced in our own workshops and is guaranteed within the UK for 12 months. The date mechanism is currently disconnected but can be reinstated for and additional charge. If you would like a video clip of this clock ticking and striking please email us.

Declaration

Worboys Antiques has dated this piece to the 1750s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA286423

Dealers Notes

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Description

An original late 18th Century Scottish longcase clock. It has a flat top hood with a break arch door and side windows, a long door and bracket a feet base.

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The break arch brass dial has fine engraving with a silvered chapter ring and a name plate signed Ramsay , Bathgate.

Worboys Antiques

It also has a subsidiary seconds dial and a date window with nicely pierced period steel hands.. It has an 8 day movement that strikes the hours on a bell.(Scotland, c. 1780)

Dimensions

202.00cm high 54.00cm wide 26.00cm deep (79.53 inches high 21.26 inches wide 10.24 inches deep )

Current Condition

The case has been stripped and waxed but not recently, the dial has just been restored and the movement serviced in our own workshops and is guaranteed within the UK for 12 months. The date mechanism is currently disconnected but can be reinstated for and additional charge. If you would like a video clip of this clock ticking and striking please email us.

Date of Manufacture

Worboys Antiques has dated this piece to the 1750s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA286423

About the Dealer

Worboys Antiques

Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2005

Established since 1978, dealing in and restoring most antiques, specialising in clocks and furniture.

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