Bidspirit auction | JOHN WYKE, LIVERPOOL. A GEORGE

JOHN WYKE, LIVERPOOL. A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY 8 DAY MOON DIAL LONGCASE CLOCK - JOHN WYKE, LIVERPOOL. A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY 8 DAY MOON DIAL LONGCASE CLOCK the 13” arched brass dial with cherubs head Rococo spandrels enclosing a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minute markings, scrolled leaf engraved centre, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture beneath a revolving painted moon dial and signed to the arch, fronting an 8-day movement with anchor escapement and bell strike. The figured veneered Mahogany case with swan neck pediment above a painted frieze and reeded side columns, long shaped-top trunk door with side quarter columns and canted shaped panelled base raised on ogee bracket feet. (224cm high )