Bidspirit auction | JOHN SIMPSON, READING. AN IMPRESSIVE

JOHN SIMPSON, READING. AN IMPRESSIVE 18TH CENTURY EIGHT-DAY WEIGHT-DRIVEN APANNED TAVERN CLOCK, the case with shaped lower section and chinoiserie-decorated trunk door, enclosing a painted 25” circular dial with Roman hours and Arabic five-minute markers, fronting an eight-day A-framed weight-driven movement signed ”Jno. Simpson, Reading”. (152cm high, dial diameter 63cm)