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A fine John Hallifax striking longcase clock, the case with…
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Sydney
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7-Dec-2020
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A fine John Hallifax striking longcase clock, the case with canted angles, a plain plinth with later skirting and a breakarch trunk door. The hood with detached columns, ball and spire finial to the breakarch top. The face with silvered dial set against urn and eagle spandrels, with Roman chapter ring and Arabic numerals for the minutes, with foliate engraved half hour markers, signed at bottom John Hallifax Barnsley. The Matted centre with an aperture displaying the age and phase of the moon, with an aperture for the date below, a chamfered cut out for the day of the week and the relevant Roman deity painted underneath. Above, an arch with revolving calendar disk to show the months, their days, the signs of the zodiac, relevant Saints' Days and historical days (e.g. 'Powder Plot'), hours of daylight and the sun's declination. The movement going train with anchor escapement, the striking train with inside counterwheel striking on a single bell. England, circa 1740-50, height 251.5 cm. Provenance: Christies London, important clocks including, the collection of the late Alan Wagstaff Esq, 7 December 2005, lot 42. Other Notes: John Hallifax (before 1694-1750), born in Lincolnshire, was renowned for the quality of clocks and barometers produced by him in Barnsley, Yorkshire from 1711. Hallifax was particularly noted for having his barometer cases modelled on the form of his longcase clocks. John's third Son, Sir Thomas Hallifax, was Lord Mayor of London in 1776-77, and sat as a member of Parliament for Coventry and Aylesbury. He founded Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, since called William & Glyn's bank, now part of the Royal bank of Scotland.
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