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Clockmaker/By : Joseph Reed of Knutsford (Cheshire).

Duration : 8 Day

Circa : 1750

Height : 81inches

Case :
Oak with mahogany cross banding to hood and trunk door and base.
Square hood with fretwork above hood door.
Turned pillars to hood with gilded capitals.
Long trunk door with square top and original lock.
Plinth to base.
Width at widest point 21.75" (Hood).

Dial :
Brass dial 12" x 12".
Silvered minute chapter ring (with half hour markers) and seconds dial with star burst engraved centre.
Matching steel hour and minute hands with pointer second hand.
Matted dial centre with foliate engraving round calendar box.
Salt box calendar aperture with silvered date dial.
Large cherub head spandrels.
Roman numerals.
Makers name engraved below 6.00 o'clock.

Maker :
Known to have been making clocks in 1780 but style of this clock seems
much earlier.

An alternative engraved spelling of his name was 'Read'
An alternative engraving of 'Knutsford' was 'Knotsford'

Price : £ 4,250

Guarantee : 12 months