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A MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-EBONISED LONGCASE CLOCK, LATE 18TH CENTURY
THE HOOD WITH DENTIL MOULDINGS TO THE SWAN-NECK PEDIMENT, OUTSET EBONISED COLUMNS, WITH CHAMFERED ANGLES FLANKING THE DOUBLE-ARCHED TRUNK DOOR WITH EBONISED BORDERS AND CENTRAL CONCH SHELL PATERA, WITH CONFORMING INLAY TO THE CROSS-BANDED PLINTH WITH WAVY APRON, THE GILT-BRASS DIAL WITH RING TO THE ARCH INSCRIBED TEMPUS FUGIT, WITH CUT-OUT AND SILVERED FIGURE OF CHRONOS ROCKING TO THE CENTRE AGAINST A BLUE-PAINTED BACKGROUND, FOLIATE SPANDRELS TO THE SILVERED CHAPTER RING SIGNED RICH.D WRIGHT WITHAM, MATTED CENTRE WITH DATE APERTURE AND SUBSIDIARY SECONDS DIAL, THE FOUR PILLAR RACK STRIKING MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT; ASSOCIATED
84IN. (213CM.) HIGH
THE HOOD WITH DENTIL MOULDINGS TO THE SWAN-NECK PEDIMENT, OUTSET EBONISED COLUMNS, WITH CHAMFERED ANGLES FLANKING THE DOUBLE-ARCHED TRUNK DOOR WITH EBONISED BORDERS AND CENTRAL CONCH SHELL PATERA, WITH CONFORMING INLAY TO THE CROSS-BANDED PLINTH WITH WAVY APRON, THE GILT-BRASS DIAL WITH RING TO THE ARCH INSCRIBED TEMPUS FUGIT, WITH CUT-OUT AND SILVERED FIGURE OF CHRONOS ROCKING TO THE CENTRE AGAINST A BLUE-PAINTED BACKGROUND, FOLIATE SPANDRELS TO THE SILVERED CHAPTER RING SIGNED RICH.D WRIGHT WITHAM, MATTED CENTRE WITH DATE APERTURE AND SUBSIDIARY SECONDS DIAL, THE FOUR PILLAR RACK STRIKING MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT; ASSOCIATED
84IN. (213CM.) HIGH