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細節
An English green japanned quarter-chiming longcase clock
The hood with caddy top above a blind fret cornice, rectangular glazed side panels and inset columns, the trunk door decorated in gilt with chinoiserie figures and pagodas, with conforming decoration to the stepped plinth, the 14in. square brass dial with cherub mask and foliate spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with elaborate cross half hour and cross half quarter hour markers, signed Joshua Wilson London, matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring, ringed winding holes and date aperture, hands now black painted (hour restored, minute later), the later applied arch with silvered strike/silent ring, the six ringed pillar movement with anchor escapement, rack strike on bell and quarters on eight nested bells (some replaced); composite, dial circa 1710 and adapted, case circa 1725 and movement late 18th century -- 105in. (265.5cm.) high
The hood with caddy top above a blind fret cornice, rectangular glazed side panels and inset columns, the trunk door decorated in gilt with chinoiserie figures and pagodas, with conforming decoration to the stepped plinth, the 14in. square brass dial with cherub mask and foliate spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with elaborate cross half hour and cross half quarter hour markers, signed Joshua Wilson London, matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring, ringed winding holes and date aperture, hands now black painted (hour restored, minute later), the later applied arch with silvered strike/silent ring, the six ringed pillar movement with anchor escapement, rack strike on bell and quarters on eight nested bells (some replaced); composite, dial circa 1710 and adapted, case circa 1725 and movement late 18th century -- 105in. (265.5cm.) high
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