Lot 1011
A 19th century Oak and Mahogany 30hr longcase clock retailed by “Turnbull of Whitby” with a tall swa...
A 19th century Oak and Mahogany 30hr longcase clock retailed by “Turnbull of Whitby” with a tall swans neck pediment, brass ball and spire finial and two stamped brass paterae, glazed break-arch door flanked by two turned pillars, full-length wavy -topped trunk door on a rectangular base with applied shaped skirting, chain driven outside countwheel movement striking the hours on a cast bell, with a painted dial pinned directly to the movement, the arch depicting a country church, with a conforming ruin, country house and cottages to the spandrels, dial drawn with Roman numerals and minute markers with matching stamped brass hands, semi-circular date aperture and date ring behind. With weight and pendulum.
The Turnbull family of Whitby clockmakers are recorded as working from Bridge Street, Whitby, from 1784 to 1870.
B35473
SOLD £200