A magnificent George II mahogany longcase clock Thomas Ogden, Halifax; the case attributed to James Paine and Thomas Chippendale circa 1750 The gilt dial with large silvered seconds ring in the arch with a well sculpted blued steel seconds hand and sunburst-engraved centre, foliate spandrels to either side accompanied by engraved trailing leaves, the main silvered chapter ring engraved on the inner ring with Roman chapters and coded chapters to the outer ring see catalogue notes) , exquisitely pierced and sculpted hour and minute hands, the centre engraved with foliage and scalloped scrolls with subsidiary engraved rings for strike/silent (with four positions) and pendulum regulation ring above VI engraved Slower Contrary - and - Faster with ye Sun and further engraved with the signature Thos. Ogden Halifax , the massive movement with long shouldered plates with rounded edges, six long front-pinned vase-shaped pillars, the going train with deadbeat escapement meshing with a crown with long arbor to the centre wheel between the barrels, the strike train with the rack and bell held within the plates, the strike/silent system operated via a cam wheel on the front plate, the pendulum with chamfered iron rod, gilt-brass fronted bob (pinned at the base) and sculpted brass window for the crutch piece, steel suspension spring (now lacking) hanging from a steel rod through the top of the plates with the rise-and-fall regulated by a long brass bar travelling the length of the backplate and terminating with a cam regulated at the signature ring on the dial, the architectural case of solid mahogany with oak backboard, the plinth with a projected front emulated throught the front to the door of the 'pedestal' trunk with fine foliate carving to the frieze beneath the concave throat-moulding beneath the hood with finely carved fluted columns with Composite carved capitals supporting foliate-carved volutes flanking the truss keystone of the tympanum flanked by further foliate engraving, the pediment surmounted by a carved urn finial 9ft. 2in. high
A magnificent George II mahogany longcase clock Thomas Ogden, Halifax; the case attributed to James Paine and Thomas Chippendale circa 1750 The gilt dial with large silvered seconds ring in the arch with a well sculpted blued steel seconds hand and sunburst-engraved centre, foliate spandrels to either side accompanied by engraved trailing leaves, the main silvered chapter ring engraved on the inner ring with Roman chapters and coded chapters to the outer ring see catalogue notes) , exquisitely pierced and sculpted hour and minute hands, the centre engraved with foliage and scalloped scrolls with subsidiary engraved rings for strike/silent (with four positions) and pendulum regulation ring above VI engraved Slower Contrary - and - Faster with ye Sun and further engraved with the signature Thos. Ogden Halifax , the massive movement with long shouldered plates with rounded edges, six long front-pinned vase-shaped pillars, the going train with deadbeat escapement meshing with a crown with long arbor to the centre wheel between the barrels, the strike train with the rack and bell held within the plates, the strike/silent system operated via a cam wheel on the front plate, the pendulum with chamfered iron rod, gilt-brass fronted bob (pinned at the base) and sculpted brass window for the crutch piece, steel suspension spring (now lacking) hanging from a steel rod through the top of the plates with the rise-and-fall regulated by a long brass bar travelling the length of the backplate and terminating with a cam regulated at the signature ring on the dial, the architectural case of solid mahogany with oak backboard, the plinth with a projected front emulated throught the front to the door of the 'pedestal' trunk with fine foliate carving to the frieze beneath the concave throat-moulding beneath the hood with finely carved fluted columns with Composite carved capitals supporting foliate-carved volutes flanking the truss keystone of the tympanum flanked by further foliate engraving, the pediment surmounted by a carved urn finial 9ft. 2in. high
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