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Lot 4031
George III Inlaid Mahogany Tall Case Clock, William Wilkinson
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
18th century, mahogany, mahogany veneer, light and dark wood inlay, oak and pine secondary, steel and brass face with painted metal upper panel of a shepherdess and clipper ship, upper arch marked "Will.m Wilkinson Leeds", with second dial and calendar dial, the hood with shaped central plinth having conch shell inlay flanked by brass spire finials, banded line inlaid stiles, tombstone glazed door with banded line inlay, fully turned stop fluted columns, shaped waist door with molded edge, central figural urn inlay with checkered line borders, canted corners with light wood line inlays terminating in stylized lamb's tongue, the base with inlaid sunburst and corner fan designs, shaped bracket foot base, with two weights, pendulum with brass fob, and case key.

91.25 x 20 x 9 in.

Restoration to face and workings; later glass to hood; slight warp to waist door (but operable); some unevenness to feet; lacking winding key; old but likely later finials; later bracket foot base; see Terms and Conditions of Sale: Clocks and Watches.