Jeffrey Formby Antiques
A mahogany 8 day longcase clock by Thomas Lozano, London c1780
(c. 1780 England)
Condition
The clock has been restored and is guaranteed for 12 months.
Description / Expertise
A mahogany 8 day longcase clock, made in London for the Spanish market, signed on a plaque to the 12 inch dial centre Thomas Lozano en Londres.
The clock strikes the hours on a bell, has a seconds dial, date aperture and has a strike/silent feature in the arch.
The mahogany veneered case, of typical London design for the period, has a pagoda top with 3 brass finials. The case has free-standing pillars to the hood with a plain trunk and an applied panel to the base, all standing on a double plinth.
Height 8’ 5” including centre finial.
Tomas Lozano was Spanish by birth and is known to have worked in London and Spain. He is recorded as having successfully repaired damaged marine chronometers for the Spanish Navy in 1786.
Price
gbp 10900.00 (Pound Sterling)
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