R HALLIDAY OF GATEHOUSE (c.1780-1800)

52.00cm framed width   228.00cm framed height   24.00cm framed depth (20.47 inches framed width  89.76 inches framed height  9.45 inches framed depth)

An oak and mahogany longcase clock by R Halliday of Gatehouse. The 8-day movement strikes hourly on a bell. The painted dial has floral decoration in the arch with a subsidiary seconds and date ring. There are quarter turned reeded columns to the trunk and full turned reeded columns to the hood. To the top of the hood is a swanneck pediment with a finial to the centre