Lot 1040
Henry Fisher of Preston (Lancs) - late 18th century 30-hour oak and mahogany longcase clock c1790, ...
Henry Fisher of Preston (Lancs) - late 18th century 30-hour oak and mahogany longcase clock c1790, with a flat topped pediment and moulded cornice, square hood door flanked by two plain pillars with brass capitals, trunk with recessed quarter columns, three-quarter length trunk door with an ogee twin spire top and crossbanding, rectangular plinth with canted corners and a narrow applied moulding to the base, circular 13” painted dial with Roman numerals, minute markers and five minute Arabic's, floral decoration to the centre and a semi-circular calendar aperture with date disc behind, original steel serpentine hands, dial inscribed “H Fisher, Preston”, dial pinned directly to a weight driven countwheel striking movement, striking the hours on a cast bell. With pendulum and weight.
Henry Fisher is recorded as working in Preston from 1742-95.
B4596
SOLD £150