An Edwardian satinwood inlaid mahogany quarter chiming longcase clock, the case plinth inlaid with a basket of flowers within a foliate cartouche, similar inlay to the trunk door with oval glass, glazed sides, the hood with swan-neck pediment and detached brass-capped Composite columns to the angles and pierced wood sound frets to the sides, the dial with silvered chapter ring with applied gilt Arabic chapters, pierced blued hands, foliate cast mount applied to the centre with subsidiary seconds ring, foliate cherub spandrels, subsidiary silvered rings in the arch for chime/silent and Whittington/Westminster chimes, the massive four pillar movement chiming on 8 tubes with hour strike on further tube, anchor escapement with woodrod pendulum

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An Edwardian satinwood inlaid mahogany quarter chiming longcase clock, the case plinth inlaid with a basket of flowers within a foliate cartouche, similar inlay to the trunk door with oval glass, glazed sides, the hood with swan-neck pediment and detached brass-capped Composite columns to the angles and pierced wood sound frets to the sides, the dial with silvered chapter ring with applied gilt Arabic chapters, pierced blued hands, foliate cast mount applied to the centre with subsidiary seconds ring, foliate cherub spandrels, subsidiary silvered rings in the arch for chime/silent and Whittington/Westminster chimes, the massive four pillar movement chiming on 8 tubes with hour strike on further tube, anchor escapement with woodrod pendulum
7ft.11in. (241cm.) high

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