Bidspirit auction | A LATE 17TH CENTURY EBONISED
A LATE 17TH CENTURY EBONISED 10” EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK SIGNED NATHANIEL HODGES, LONDINI having a rising hood with barley twist columns above a slender trunk with panelled door and box base raised on bun feet, enclosing a 10” square gilt brass dial with wheatear engraved border, pierced gilt spandrels, silvered Roman chapter ring, matted centre, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, fronting an eight-day weight-driven movement with six finned knopped pillars and outside countwheel striking the hours on a domed steel bell. (202cm high)