A SPECIAL OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK  WITH INLAID PANELS, EBONY AND BOXWOOD STRINGING THE WHITE ENAMEL DIAL HAS SUBSIDIARY DATE AND SECOND DIALS COMPLEMENTED WITH BLUED STEEL HANDS, THE MOVEMENT IS OF EIGHT DAY DURATION STRIKES THE HOURS ON A BELL,
JAMES BARBER & WILLIAM WHITWELL
J BARBER LORD MAYOR OF YORK 1833, FAMOUS YORK SILVER SMITHS WORKING
25 CONEY STREET YORK, THE PLAIN DIAL WITH THE ABOVE NAMES IN THE ARCH IS
UNIQUE TO THEM AND STOOD IN THEIR SHOP AS A FEATURE OF STATUS

Barber & Whitwell of York – 8-day mid 19th
century mahogany longcase clock with a
swans necked pediment and brass paterie,
wavy back splats and round pilasters to the
hood, trunk with canted corners and a short
trunk door with inlay, on a square plinth with
a raised panel and conforming inlay, white
painted break arch dial with Roman
numerals, matching steel hands, date and
seconds dials with makers name to the arch,
dial pinned via a cast false plate to a rack
striking movement, striking the hours on a
bell. With weights and pendulum