A George II mahogany equation month-going longcase clock, the 12in. dial signed Wm: Smith London on a silvered sector in the matted centre with similar sectors for pendulum regulation on cam system and strike/silent, pierced steel hour and minute hands, later counterpoised sweep seconds, silvered chapter ring, Indian-head foliate spandrels, the arch with silvered equation sector with blued arrow-head pointer and engraved eqaeton of natural time, silvered calendar disc below engraved for the date, month and sign with central plaque below engraved this lets ye day of ye month. the equaetion of natural days. with regulation square beneath, the six ringed pillar movement with shouldered plates having anchor esapement and strike on bell, the pierced equation kidney at the top of the plates operating on a steel rack system, the re-veneered case on double footed plinth with rectangular panel, arched trunk door, the hood with detached brass-capped and reeded columns, restoration

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A George II mahogany equation month-going longcase clock, the 12in. dial signed Wm: Smith London on a silvered sector in the matted centre with similar sectors for pendulum regulation on cam system and strike/silent, pierced steel hour and minute hands, later counterpoised sweep seconds, silvered chapter ring, Indian-head foliate spandrels, the arch with silvered equation sector with blued arrow-head pointer and engraved eqaeton of natural time, silvered calendar disc below engraved for the date, month and sign with central plaque below engraved this lets ye day of ye month. the equaetion of natural days. with regulation square beneath, the six ringed pillar movement with shouldered plates having anchor esapement and strike on bell, the pierced equation kidney at the top of the plates operating on a steel rack system, the re-veneered case on double footed plinth with rectangular panel, arched trunk door, the hood with detached brass-capped and reeded columns, restoration
7ft.5 1/2in. (2207cm.) high

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