Oak eight day longcase clock with 5-pillar movement, the 12"...

Estimate

£700 - £1,200

Oak eight day longcase clock with 5-pillar movement, the 12" brass arched dial signed John and Henry Pepper Biggleswade on an arched plate to the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, with strike/silent dial to the arch, the case with long moulded rounded arched door and the hood surmounted by a rounded arched stepped moulded pediment and two brass ball and eagle finials (top finial missing), 83" high (pendulum and two weights)

** The pepper dynasty were the pre-eminent clock makers in the area with John & Henry recorded as only working together between 1777-81