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An early Victorian mahogany eight day longcase clock
the arched hood with shaped cresting above a circular silvered Roman and Arabic dial with subsidiary seconds and date rings, blued steel pointers, signed J.& W.Howden & Co. Edinburgh, within a glazed brass bezel, the trunk with fielded panels and blind fret caps above a conforming plinth and bracket feet, the four pillar movement with anchor escapement striking a gong -- 83in. (211cm) high
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the arched hood with shaped cresting above a circular silvered Roman and Arabic dial with subsidiary seconds and date rings, blued steel pointers, signed J.& W.Howden & Co. Edinburgh, within a glazed brass bezel, the trunk with fielded panels and blind fret caps above a conforming plinth and bracket feet, the four pillar movement with anchor escapement striking a gong -- 83in. (211cm) high
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