JOHN HALIFAX FLEET STREET LONDON, EARLY 18th CENTURY WALNUT ...

Estimate

£500 - £800

JOHN HALIFAX FLEET STREET LONDON, EARLY 18th CENTURY WALNUT CASED LONGCASE CLOCK, the gilt metal round arch top of the dial with silent/strike silvered dial flanked by mythical beasts and scrolls, 8 days striking movement with dead beat escapement, silvered chapter ring with subsidiary seconds and days aperture, arched silvered plaque inscribed John Halifax London, the whole with female mask and foliate scroll spandrels, case with flat-top hood, oblong burr walnut wood door inlet with glass penticle, reduced in height and now with plinth base, 7ft3in (221cm) high, weights and pendulum