22nd Jan, 2026 10:00
The Winter Fine Interiors Auction
1448
ROBERT LAWSON, ROBERT LAWSON, LEIGH. A RARE GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY SPHERICAL MOON LONGCASE CLOCK
ROBERT LAWSON, LEIGH. A RARE GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY SPHERICAL MOON LONGCASE CLOCK having a swan-neck pediment with eglomise panels above reeded columns and a glazed arched door, the trunk with reeded columns and a canted panelled base, the 14" arched brass dial with gilt spandrels and silvered chapter ring with concentric calendar, Roman hours and Arabic minute track surrounding a scroll-engraved centre with subsidiary moon age dial and centre seconds, the arch having a painted country scene centre and rotating spinning moon aperture fronting an eight-day weight-driven movement with various gears driving the dials and moonwork, striking the hours on a bell.
233cm high
£4,000 - £6,000
Buyer's premium: 30.00%
The movement is missing the centre seconds hand, the moon's age dial hand, and a pulley from the weights. Most of the gear work is present, but the wheel that drives the mood disk is missing. Otherwise, it is complete. Please see the additional images.
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