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A late George III mahogany quarter chiming astronomical…
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Sydney
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7-Dec-2020
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A late George III mahogany quarter chiming astronomical longcase clock with rhomboid pendulum, by William Leigh, Newton, the case with crossbanded and chequer strung inlaid panel to the plinth on ogee bracket feet, the Gothic arched trunk door flanked by cluster columns below a frieze inlaid with boxwood shell and paterae, the hood with swan neck pediment flanked by reeded urns and above verre eglomise panels, supported by fluted columns, the brass dial signed Wm: Leigh Newton within a foliate cartouche in the centre within further foliate engraving, the silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic chapters, dot minute markers and outer concentric full calendar engraved with each month and the date, the hour minute, calendar and sweep seconds hands all finely pierced in blued steel, foliate spandrels, the arch set with a rolling moonphase painted with a coastal lighthouse scene to one sector and an Arcadian landscape to the other, the outer ring engraved with the moon's age and with further tidal indication in Roman chapters, the outer silvered ring with the motto 'On Time's uncertain date eternity Depends', the three train movement with four pillars, going train with deadbeat escapement with rhomboidal pendulum, rack strike on the main bell above the plates, the quarters chiming on six bells via six hammers carried on a sub-plate and with trip cord. Circa 1790. Height 250 cm. Provenance: Christie's London, important clocks including the collection of the late Alan Wagstaff Esq., 7 December 2005, lot 73, Literature: Ernest L. Edwardes the grandfather clock (1980) pages 142-3 illustrated pages 144-5. Steve & Darlah Thomas William Leigh of Newton-le-Willows Clockmaker 1763-1824: part 2 Antiquarian Horology volume 33, no. 4 (June 2012), pp. 469-478
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