Lot 1040
An 18th century chain driven 30-hr longcase clock in an oak case by James Pepper of Biggleswade c 17...
An 18th century chain driven 30-hr longcase clock in an oak case by James Pepper of Biggleswade c 1760, with a caddy top pediment and three (later) spun brass finials, blind fret to the front and square hood door with attached pilasters, slim trunk with a full length flat topped door on a rectangular plinth with applied skirting, 11” brass dial with chapter ring, Roman numerals, minute track and five minute Arabic’s, matted dial centre with decorative engraving and urn pattern spandrels, square date aperture with engraved date ring behind, countwheel striking movement, striking the hours on a cast bell. With pendulum and weight.
The Pepper family of Biggleswade were a prolific family of Bedfordshire clockmakers working from c1720-1889
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SOLD £200