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A Fine Quality 18th Century Pollard Oak Long Case Clock

Name: A Fine Quality 18th Century Pollard Oak Long Case Clock
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA904431
Price: 2300 GBP
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18th century

For Sale by Country Homes Antiques Stirling

Description

A Fine Quality 18th Century Pollard Oak Longcase Clock of beautiful rich colour & patination with an eight day movement by Simcock of Prescot. The 13" (33 cm) brass dial having a painted moon roller in the dial above a chapter ring displaying large black Arabic numerals marking five minute divisions to the border encircling Roman numeral hour markers and an inner border of even calendar numerals alternated with dots marking the odd numbers. The lattice engraved centre having a subsidiary seconds ring, the corners adorned with cast cherub head spandrels. The hood with mounded dome break-arch pediment surmounted by brass finials above a painted frieze band of undulating foliage and fluted sides columns with parcel gilt capitals flanking the rosewood cross-banded door. The lip-moulded trunk door also cross-banded with rosewood borders , having a serpentine shaped top, flanked by sunken fluted quarter columns. The base with a panel front and canted corners above low bracket feet. 89" (226 cm) overall in height.

Physical Dimensions

Height

226cm (88.98")

Declaration

Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Pollard Oak Longcase Clock to the Georgian era.

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SA904431

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500 pieces of quality antique furniture at Country Homes Antiques Stirling Scotland. View website. Trade welcome

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The lattice engraved centre having a subsidiary seconds ring, the corners adorned with cast cherub head spandrels.

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The hood with mounded dome break-arch pediment surmounted by brass finials above a painted frieze band of undulating foliage and fluted sides columns with parcel gilt capitals flanking the rosewood cross-banded door. The lip-moulded trunk door also cross-banded with rosewood borders , having a serpentine shaped top, flanked by sunken fluted quarter columns. The base with a panel front and canted corners above low bracket feet. 89" (226 cm) overall in height.

Physical Dimensions

Height

226cm (88.98")

Date of Manufacture

Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Pollard Oak Longcase Clock to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

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SA904431

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A longcase clock, commonly known as a grandfather clock, is a tall, free-standing, weight-driven pendulum clock housed within a wooden cabinet structure, developed extensively throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

Cases were generally constructed using solid timbers like oak, often accented or veneered with figured woods such as pollard oak or walnut, paired with cast brass dials, steel hands, and brass movement plates.

Authentic pieces feature hand-cut dovetail joinery, hand-planed backboards, engraved brass dials with cast corner spandrels, and weight-driven mechanical movements secured by tapered steel pins.

An antique longcase clock serves as a focal architectural feature in an entrance hall, dining room, or drawing room, contrasting cleanly against neutral painted walls or traditional timber panelling.

Keep the clock in a climate-controlled room away from direct heat sources to prevent wood shrinkage, dust the case using a soft dry cloth, and have the mechanical movement lubricated by a professional horologist every three to five years.

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