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MAKER-
KELLETT, THORNE Listed Maker CIRCA 1835 An attractive Oak and Mahogany longcase clock with 8-day movement and subsidiary seconds dial striking the hours on a bell. The well painted 13inch arched dial has a rural shooting scene with a farmer and his dog in the arch and paintings of spaniels in the corner spandrels. The mahogany hood has turned columns and swan neck pediments with a central wooden finial. The well figured oak and mahogany case has a shaped oak trunk door with a paneled arched mahogany feature both to the trunk door and base and raised on bracket feet.The mahogany trunk has attractive rosewood inlays. The 8 day movement has been cleaned , overhauled and polished and is in good working order. HEIGHT: 7ft 8in.(234cm) ; Width of hood 22in(56cm) Depth of hood 9in(23cm) Width of base 20in(51cm) Depth of base 9in(23cm) Width of trunk
16in(41cm)
Depth of trunk 7in(18cm) PRICE:
£1900
There
are two Kelletts listed in Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World by Brian
Loomes working in Thorne.
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