Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

48 137 An Irish mahogany longcase clock, Charles Craig, Dublin, circa 1775 33,4cm dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture, ring-turned winding holes. cherub-mask and leaf spandrels, signed on the silvered chapter ring Chas. Craig, Dublin , five-pillar rack and bell striking movement, the hood with swan neck cresting and carved flower terminals flanking a later urn finial above a carved foliate frieze centred by a shell, leaf-capped stop-fluted hood pillars, broken-arch trunk door, with later panelled plinth base, 234cm high R40 000–50 000 138 A George III mahogany longcase clock, James Christie, Perth the 33,5cm silvered dial with Roman numerals, the engraved centre with subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, pierced hands, brass scroll and dolphin spandrels, a boss in the arch signed Jas Christie, Perth , four-pillar rack and bell striking movement, the swan neck pediment with brass flowerhead terminals centred by a brass eagle and ball finial, the hood with brass-capped octagonal pillars, with shaped trunk door flanked by half-turned columns, the plinth on later bracket feet, inlaid with stringing throughout, restorations , 226cm high R12 000–15 000 137 138