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A BLACK LACQUERED AND GILT CHINOISERIE LONGCASE CLOCK JOSEPH COOKE AYLESBURY, MID-18TH CENTURY the brass eight day twin train movement striking on a bell, with a brass dial with a twelve inch dial and a silvered chapter ring with black Roman hour and Arabic five-minute numerals interspersed with fleur-de-lis, the matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and a plaque, inscribed 'Joseph Cooke, Aylesbury', a strike / silent dial to the arch, the hood with a glazed door flanked by three quarter columns, above a trunk with gilt chinoiserie decoration in low relief, on bracket feet, with weights and pendulum 223.5cm high
wiltshire, United Kingdom
