This clock, made by the horologist George Graham (1673-1751), is a potential star of Woolley & Wallis’ Furniture Works of Art and Clocks sale on January 10 in Salisbury, estimated at £40,000-60,000.
The influential English clockmaker was partner to Thomas Tompion during the last few years of Tompion’s life. He is credited with several inventions, including the deadbeat escapement in 1713 and the mercury pendulum and cylinder escapement in 1726.