A GEORGE I WALNUT STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK
EDWARD FAULKNER, LONDON. CIRCA 1720
A GEORGE I WALNUT STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK EDWARD FAULKNER LONDON. CIRCA 1720 The case with stepped and moulded flat top hood with glazed rectangular side panels, formerly with fretwork panels, brass-capped front pilasters, moulded frame to the rectangular trunk door, with cyma moulding above the plinth, formerly with skirting, the 12 in. wide brass dial with cherub and crown spandrels to engraved Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and diamond half quarter hour markers, the matted centre with engraved border to the date square, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds, foliate engraving to the arch with cherubs surmounted by a crown and flanking signature plaque signed 'Edward/Faulkner/London', hour and minute hands lacking, later seconds hand, the movement with five fine ring-turned pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike on bell, later seatboard; pendulum 87 in. (224 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
A GEORGE I WALNUT STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK
EDWARD FAULKNER, LONDON. CIRCA 1720
A GEORGE I WALNUT STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK EDWARD FAULKNER LONDON. CIRCA 1720 The case with stepped and moulded flat top hood with glazed rectangular side panels, formerly with fretwork panels, brass-capped front pilasters, moulded frame to the rectangular trunk door, with cyma moulding above the plinth, formerly with skirting, the 12 in. wide brass dial with cherub and crown spandrels to engraved Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and diamond half quarter hour markers, the matted centre with engraved border to the date square, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds, foliate engraving to the arch with cherubs surmounted by a crown and flanking signature plaque signed 'Edward/Faulkner/London', hour and minute hands lacking, later seconds hand, the movement with five fine ring-turned pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike on bell, later seatboard; pendulum 87 in. (224 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
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