GEORGIAN MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK J. STANDRING of BOLTON 

 

A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, swan neck pediment, trunk with blind fret work borders, nicely figured trunk door, 13-inch arch brass dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring. 

 

Nicely engraved dial centre with date aperture and bearing an inscription Standring Bolton and arch with moon phase aperture striking on a bell. 

 

Engraved with a poem: 

 

“behold the moon her beautous charms displays and o’er all nature shoots her silver rays. 

 

In ages past she has the soul refind and added knowledge to the enquiring mind” 

 

Height: 230cm 

Width: 54cm 

Depth: 25cm