Painted Dial Moonphase Clocks

 

lassal case.jpg (70468 bytes)lassal hood.jpg (62074 bytes)William Lassell, Toxteth Park, Liverpool

Recorded 1758 - 1790

Height 93"

Price: £ 11,950

A superb example of a Liverpool clock of the finest quality.  Painted dial with subsidiary date & seconds.

The four seasons to the corners, moon phases to the arch and a rare Tidal Calendar.

Magnificent mahogany case with fine inlay and flamework. verre églomisé panels beneath the swan necks are painted with a most unusual fruit design.

 

 



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wood bredbury face.jpg (207862 bytes)Wood of Bredbury

c. 1780  Height 87”

 Price:- £ 9,950

Very fine and most unusual painted dial.  The full centre has rural/farming scenes, subsidiary date calendar and the age & phase of the moon beneath the numeral 12.

 The fine mahogany case has flamework, boxwood stringing, and reeded pillars to the trunk and hood.

 

 

 


roskell of liverpool.jpg (57526 bytes)roskell hood.jpg (58637 bytes)    Roskell of Liverpool 

c. 1790   Height 99"

Price:-    P.O.A.

Early, painted dial with rare sweep seconds hand and subsidiary date dial. The phases and age of the moon is portrayed in the arch in a most unusual style.

The outstanding flame mahogany case has inlay to the door and base, and has brass Corinthians to the hood pillars.