A George III 18th century oak 30 hour longcase clock. Maker…
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A George III 18th century oak 30 hour longcase clock. Maker John Wood. Stroud. 1762-1792. An engraved brass dial, with a bell striking 30 hour movement, with silvered dial with gilt spandrels. The trunk enclosed by a panel door on bracket feet, with a single casement door. The movement was totally overhauled in 2001. 196 cm high, 47 cm long, 29 cm deep.

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  • Spandrel - An architectural term that in horology refers to the triangular ornamental decoration in the corners of of the dial plate. The spandrels are usually of cast brass and may be additonally chased and engraved. On painted dial clocks the spandrels are also usually painted.
  • Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.

    Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,

    Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.

    Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.
  • George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
  • Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.

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