Good burr walnut eight day longcase clock with six pillar mo...

Good burr walnut eight day longcase clock with six pillar movement, the 11" square brass dial signed John Aylward de Guilford fecit on the silvered chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial, pull shutter ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, with engraved Tudor rose to the centre and cherub spandrels, the later burr walnut case with long beaded moulded door fitted with a circular lenticle, the hood surmounted by a flat moulded pediment over a blind foliate fret carved frieze, 80" high (with pendulum and weights) ** Known to be working in the late 17th century until circa 1720, John Aylward’s most famous clock is the Guildford guildhall clock. The clock case is dated 1683, one year before John Aylward was awarded freedom of the borough

Estimate:£800

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