MAKER: JOHN AGAR, YORK

CICA 1795.

Listed Maker born 1730 ,died 1815

A  good George III oak and mahogany-cased 8-day longcase clock with moon phase ,Wilson dial and striking the hours on a bell.

The 13-inch arched dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing a subsidiary seconds dial, painted birds to the centre and terrestrial calendar crescent. The corners are attractively painted with roses within a gilded border , the arch having a lunar calendar with "rolling moon" painted with a galleon and a bridge with ruins. The well proportioned oak and mahogany case with crossbanding to the long shaped trunk door having a swan-neck pediment over fluted columns with brass capitals, the trunk with conforming quadrant columns, on a panelled canted base with bracket feet .

The 8-day movement has been cleaned,polished and overhauled and is in good working order.

Height 88.5in (225cm) including finial
Width of hood 20.5in(52cm)            Depth of hood 10in(25cm)
Width of base 20.5in(52cm)   Depth of base 10in(25cm)
Width of trunk 15in(39cm)             Depth of trunk 7in(18cm)

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