Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 04 Oct 2023
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
BY CALEB EVANS OF BRISTOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
the brass eight day movement with an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the 12in brass arched dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerlas, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, signed 'Caleb Evans, Bristol', the hood with a swan neck pediment with applied giltwood pendants above a diaper ground, with two weights, pendulum, case key and winder
240cm high
Catalogue Note
See A. J. Moore, The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900, p.165, which states 'Evans Caleb Bristol 1766 1775 45 Stokes Croft. Watchmaker and Jeweller'. His son Caleb also worked at the same address to c.1790.
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