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Lot 632

A WALNUT AND CROSSBANDED LONGCASE CLOCK, BY JOHN SHAW, HOLBORNE

Note: John Shaw of Holborn(e), apprenticed in 1672 and a member of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1682, of which he was Master 1712 – 1715
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Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer price: £1,600
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

the later case with cornice, blind fretwork frieze and fluted columns to the hood, the trunk with hinged door and further mouldings above the box base; the silvered chapter ring with Roman hours, Arabic minutes and engraved John Shaw Holborne, around a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, on a square brass dial with applied spandrels each cast as two cherubs bearing a crown; with eight day twin barrel movement and strike on bell; With pendulum, two weights and winder 

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Height 229cm
Width 60cm
Depth 28cm

The item bears the usual minor scuffs and knocks, overall consistent with age and use. Minor replacements to veneers in places. Minor traces of old worming, mostly to the backboards. Movement appears to be in perfectly satisfactory order although we don't comment on a movement's technical condition. The various parts do appear to be period and original. The weights, a pendulum and winder present, 

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