A George II dark green japanned eight-day longcase clock with moonphase John Stephens, Bristol, circa 1730 The five finned pillar (one removed) rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with star engraved subsidiary seconds dial and border decorated calendar aperture to the matted centre, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur de lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes, the angles with twin bird and urn cast spandrels beneath rolling moonphase calibrated for the age of the moon and high tide at Bristol and signed JOHN STEPHENS, BRISTOL to upper edge, in a case with caddy surmount and moulded cornice above integral pilasters to hood, break-arch trunk door decorated in polychrome and gilt with Oriental figures in a garden landscape, on plinth base with conforming decoration and double skirt, 242cm high. John Stephens is recorded in Moore, A.J. The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900 as working in Bristol 1727-39.
A George II dark green japanned eight-day longcase clock with moonphase John Stephens, Bristol, circa 1730 The five finned pillar (one removed) rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with star engraved subsidiary seconds dial and border decorated calendar aperture to the matted centre, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur de lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes, the angles with twin bird and urn cast spandrels beneath rolling moonphase calibrated for the age of the moon and high tide at Bristol and signed JOHN STEPHENS, BRISTOL to upper edge, in a case with caddy surmount and moulded cornice above integral pilasters to hood, break-arch trunk door decorated in polychrome and gilt with Oriental figures in a garden landscape, on plinth base with conforming decoration and double skirt, 242cm high. John Stephens is recorded in Moore, A.J. The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900 as working in Bristol 1727-39.
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