Bidspirit auction | GEORGE MURGATROYD, LONDON. A LATE

GEORGE MURGATROYD, LONDON. A LATE 17TH CENTURY EIGHT DAY WALNUT MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK, having a caddy top above a pierced sound fret and glazed dial aperture flanked by barley twist columns on a slender trunk with D-moulded door, floral marquetry and songbird door on a matching base raised on bun feet. The 12” square brass dial with pierced cherub head spandrels and silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals surrounding a matted engraved centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture fronting a five-pillar eight-day weight-driven movement with anchor escapement and inner countwheel striking the hours on a bell - brass cased weights and brass bob pendulum. (252cm high including finial)