Lot 1261
18th-century profusely carved oak longcase clock - with a pagoda pediment, upstands and carving,
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18th-century profusely carved oak longcase clock - with a pagoda pediment, upstands and carving,
break arch hood door flanked by reeded pilasters with brass capitals, trunk with canted corners and a spire topped door, square plinth with applied skirting, break arch brass dial with wheatsheaf engraving and cast cherub and crown spandrels, engraved break arch with the London clockmakers name John Gordin, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, matted dial centre with ringed winding holes, square date aperture and seconds ring, dial pinned to a five pillar movement with inside countwheel striking, striking the hours on a cast bell. With weights and pendulum. John Gordin, is possibly a mis-spelling or phonetic spelling of John Gordon, of London, who worked from Ludgate Street in the parish of St. Gregory by St. Pauls. Apprenticed in 1689 and died in 1732 when his will was proven.
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