A BLACK JAPANNED AND GILT CHINOISERIE LONGCASE CLOCK

A BLACK JAPANNED AND GILT CHINOISERIE LONGCASE CLOCK

JOSEPH COOKE AYLESBURY, MID-18TH CENTURY

the brass eight day twin train movement striking on a bell, with a brass dial with a twelve inch dial and a silvered chapter ring with black Roman hour and Arabic five-minute numerals interspersed with fleur-de-lis, the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and a plaque, inscribed 'Joseph Cooke, Aylesbury', a strike / silent dial to the arch, the hood with a glazed door flanked by three quarter columns, above a trunk with gilt chinoiserie decoration in low relief, on bracket feet, with weights and a pendulum

223.5cm high