Bidspirit auction | CLERKE, 1 ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
CLERKE, 1 ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. A FINE CARVED OAK GOTHIC STYLE REGULATOR LONGCASE CLOCK IN THE MANNER OF PUGIN with an architectural hood carved with tracery and crocketed spire finials above the arched trunk with clustered column angles and viewing aperture over a panelled base with blind Gothic tracery on bun feet. The 12” silvered regulator dial with outer minute track and subsidiary seconds and hour dials signed Clerke, 1 Royal Exchange, London; fronting a high quality eight day weight driven movement with jewelled deadbeat escapement and Harrison maintaining power, mercury-compensated pendulum and brass-cased weight. (236cm high)