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666 A George iii mahogany moonphase longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the fourteen-inch break-arch painted dial having a finely painted Biblical scene to the centre and female four season decoration to the four corners, with Arabic numerals and decorative brass hands, with a moonphase disc to the arch painted between the moons with fisherman bringing in a catch and shepherds in a field, the mahogany case with Gothic shaped moulding to the top of the door and fluted square mouldings to the trunk corners with inlaid oval floral decorative panels below, the hood with fluted square pillars, a swan neck pediment with ebony and boxwood stringing and turned wood finials, height 240cm. £1000 - 1500 667 Boot jun, Sutton Ashfield, an oak longcase clock with automata the thirty-hour duration movement having shaped plates and striking the hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the twelve-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, and floral half-hour markings with cast brass urn spandrels to the four corners, the matted dial centre with engraved decoration, date aperture and an inset cartouche engraved with the maker’s name ‘Boot jun, Sutton Ashfield’, the arch having engraved decoration depicting Noah’s Ark with a silvered dove moving across with the beat of the movement, the oak case having a deep inset panel to the base and a further shaped panel to the trunk door, the break-arch hood with three-quarter pillars having gilt-wood capitals and a break-front moulding to the hood top, height 208cm. £500 - 700 * John Boot junior is recorded as working in Sutton-in-Ashfield from before 1775 and was the son of the clockmaker John Boot Snr. He worked in the late 18 th century in partnership with his brother William. 174 667
668 Emmanuel Hopperton, leeds, an oak and walnut longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with an inside countwheel, the twelveinch brass break-arch dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals and flame half-hour markings, with cast brass female-head corner spandrels, with a date aperture to the matted centre and decorative blued steel hands, the arch with dolphin spandrels and a roundel engraved with the maker’s name ‘Emmanuel Hopperton, Leeds’, the oak case with walnut veneer to the door and hood, with a raised panel to the base, shaped top to the trunk door, a break arch hood with brass finials to the blocks and three-quarter columns, height 240, inc. finial. £400 - 600 * Emmanuel Hopperton, born 1705, is recorded as working in Mill Hill, Leeds from circa 1720 until his death in 1753. A number of longcases are recorded with walnut veneer used as decoration on an oak case as in this example. 669 Chadburns, liverpool. A mahogany cased barograph signed ‘Chadburn Ltd, 47 Castle Street, Liverpool’, height 18cm. £250 - 350 670 An early 19th Century inlaid mahogany stick barometer the silvered dial engraved with a single gauge with sliding vernier and with a thermometer set to one side, the case having scroll ears below the glazed door of the dial, a curved top with inlaid decoration, crossbanding to the trunk and Sheraton style inlaid decoration to the oval cistern cover, height 120cm. £500 - 800 668 670 175
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