An automata longcase clock, the 28 cm wide painted dial sign...

Hammer

£220

An automata longcase clock, the 28 cm wide painted dial signed J. Keys, Exeter, with Roman numerals, calendar aperture, and a windmill, fitted a 30 hour movement, crossbanded in mahogany, in an oak case, 215 cm high

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Report by RB

Lacks back legs.

Report by RB

The dial has some crazing, the windmill arms are pinned so they can rotate, the moulding to bottom left part of the hood is attached, but present, needing just to be glued back in place, it looks like someone has restored the case at some point in its life and not given it the most attractive of finishes, with a pendulum, a weight and a key, the movement is clean, and has probably been restored at some point recently with the case, the windmill arms rotate with the pendulum, the pine backboards possibly of a later date or changed when the case was restored, the seat board probably later as well.