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               ANTIQUE LONGCASE CLOCK

                  GRANDFATHER CLOCK

BY

WILLIAM FRYER OF YORK

A QUALITY MAHOGANY CASED LONGCASE CLOCK WITH BOX WOOD STRINGING, THE HOOD HAS A SWAN NECK PEDIMENT AND TURNED PILLARS, THE BASE IS SUPPORTED BY FRENCH FEET, A BEAUTIFUL13" CONVEXD ENAMELLED DIAL WITH BEAUTIFUL PAINTED FLOWERS AND FRUIT, ROMAN NUMERALS WITH BRASS HANDS, SUBSIDIARY SECONDS DIAL AND DATE MOUTH,THE QUALITY FOUR PILLAR MOVEMENT IS OF EIGHT DAY DURATION STRIKING ON THE HOUR, ½ AND ¼HOUR ON A BELL

WILLIAM FRYER 1809-1820, CLOCK AND WATCHMAKER IN YORK (1809) PROBABLY LIVED AT POCKLINGTON AND WORKED IN YORK AND ASSOCIATES WITH BOTH PLACES. HE HAD CHILDREN AT POCKLINGTON BY HIS WIFE GRACE (ELIZABETH 1818, ANN1819) THEY LIVED AT THE CANEL INN. HORATIO SMITH WAS AN APPRENTICE IN1815. PRESUMABLY THOUGHT TO BE A RELATIVE OF JOHN FRYER.

FULLY SERVICED BY OUR CLOCKMAKER

CIRCA: 1835

HEIGHT: 7' 10" (2387mm)

DEPTH: 9 ½ (242mm)

WIDTH: 22"(558mm)

   SOLD

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