Robert Binns

ROBERT BINNS, HALIFAX, AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH 11-INCH SQUARE BRASS DIAL

ROBERT BINNS, HALIFAX, AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH 11-INCH SQUARE BRASS DIAL the dial with silvered chapter ring, matted centre and cast spandrels signed Robert Binns Halifax, the eight-day movement with inner countwheel strike and anchor escapement striking on a bell with smooth barrels, the oak case with dentil cornice, turned hood columns and a long moulded trunk door with bullseye lenticle above a plain base with shaped apron.