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A late Victorian mahogany quarter-chiming longcase clock
the case with fret-carved panel to the pagoda top, brass-capped fluted columns, conforming three-quarter pilasters flanking the breakarch trunk door, on steeped block plinth centred by a raised radial gadrooned panel, the gilt-brass dial with silvered chime/silent and Whittington/Cambridge chime rings to the arch, foliate and mask spandrels, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and silvered plaque with retailer's signature WM. LISTER & SONS 9 GREY STREET NEWCASTLE, the substantial movement with anchor escapement chiming on eight bells and with hour strike on gong -- 94in. (239cm.) high
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the case with fret-carved panel to the pagoda top, brass-capped fluted columns, conforming three-quarter pilasters flanking the breakarch trunk door, on steeped block plinth centred by a raised radial gadrooned panel, the gilt-brass dial with silvered chime/silent and Whittington/Cambridge chime rings to the arch, foliate and mask spandrels, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and silvered plaque with retailer's signature WM. LISTER & SONS 9 GREY STREET NEWCASTLE, the substantial movement with anchor escapement chiming on eight bells and with hour strike on gong -- 94in. (239cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate )