Bidspirit auction | WILLIAM PRESTON, LANCASTER, A GEORGE

WILLIAM PRESTON, LANCASTER, A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY ROCKING SHIP PAINTED DIAL EIGHT DAY - WILLIAM PRESTON, LANCASTER, A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY ROCKING SHIP PAINTED DIAL EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK with rack strike on a bell and anchor escapement, the arched painted dial signed W. Preston Lancaster with Roman chapters, subsidiary seconds and date and rocking ship automaton to the arch, the swan neck pediment hood with brass paterae and brass-capped reeded columns above a figured trunk with arched door and a moulded plinth on bracket feet. (221cm high)