ANTIQUE
GRANDFATHER CLOCK Ref :1674
ANTIQUE
GRANDFATHER CLOCKS
ANTIQUE
LONGCASE CLOCKBY
FRANK
DOBSON OF DRIFFIELD
A
VERY FINE SMALL AND WELL PROPORTIONED COTTAGE LONGCASE
CLOCK, THE CASE IS CONSTRUCTED OF OAK AND MAHOGANY,
THE HOOD HAS A SWAN NECK PEDIMENT AND TURNED PILLARS,
THE
BASE
IS SUPPORTED BY BRACKET FEET, A
QUALITY
AND BEAUTIFULL PAINTED ENAMELLED DIALWITH ARABIC NUMERALS
AND BLUED STEEL HANDS, SUBSIDIARY SECONDS DIAL AND
DATE APPERTURE, THE QUALITY FOUR PILLAR MOVEMENT IS
OF EIGHT DAY DURATION AND STRIKES THE HOUR ON A BELL
FRANK
DOBSON OF DRIFFIELD 1817-1861 HAD PREMISES IN MARKET
PLACE 1823-1858] A MAN OF MANY TALENTS, HE ALSO RAN
THE POST OFFICE AND WAS A BRASS FOUNDER HE ALSO DELT
IN JEWELLERY AND FISHING TACKLE IN ADDITION TO WATCHES.
HE HAD AN APPRENTICE JAMES ALLEN IN THE YEAR 1861
FULLY
SERVICED BY OUR CLOCKMAKER
CIRCA:
1810
HEIGHT:
6' 10½" (2095mm)
DEPTH:
11"(279mm)
WIDTH:
20"(508mm)
SOLD
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