A GEORGE II WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK george graham london. no. 679, circa 1740 The gilt-brass 12in. sq. dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with typical lozenge half-hour markers, pierced blued steel hands, the finely matted centre with large diameter subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture with pin-hole adjustment, the silvered oval signature disc engraved Geo: Graham, London , similar signature engraved below VI, Indian mask-and-foliate spandrels, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power lever between chapters II and III, latches to the dial feet and to the five pillar movement with rack strike on bell, anchor escapement with rectangular section brass-rod pendulum terminating with a calibrated rating nut, the backplate punch-numbered 679 at the base, T-bar movement securing bracket to the backboard, the hood with typical caddy top and foliate pierced wood frieze sound fret, brass-capped ¾ columns flanking foliate-pierced wood soundfrets to the sides, feather-banded rectangular trunk door with giltmetal foliate-cast escutcheon, the inside lead moulding twice punch numbered 679 , the feather-banded plinth on a double skirted foot 89in. (226cm.) high
A GEORGE II WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK george graham london. no. 679, circa 1740 The gilt-brass 12in. sq. dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with typical lozenge half-hour markers, pierced blued steel hands, the finely matted centre with large diameter subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture with pin-hole adjustment, the silvered oval signature disc engraved Geo: Graham, London , similar signature engraved below VI, Indian mask-and-foliate spandrels, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power lever between chapters II and III, latches to the dial feet and to the five pillar movement with rack strike on bell, anchor escapement with rectangular section brass-rod pendulum terminating with a calibrated rating nut, the backplate punch-numbered 679 at the base, T-bar movement securing bracket to the backboard, the hood with typical caddy top and foliate pierced wood frieze sound fret, brass-capped ¾ columns flanking foliate-pierced wood soundfrets to the sides, feather-banded rectangular trunk door with giltmetal foliate-cast escutcheon, the inside lead moulding twice punch numbered 679 , the feather-banded plinth on a double skirted foot 89in. (226cm.) high
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