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CIRCA 1890
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A late Victorian ebonised and gilt-brass mounted quarter-chiming eight day 'directors' clock
Circa 1890
The case with brass handles to the sides above foliate cast frets, on lion claw feet, the brass dial with floral spandrels to silvered engraved chapter ring with matted centre, silvered subsidary dials to arch indicating chime/silent, slow/fast and eight bells/Westminster chimes, the substantial triple chain and fusee movement with anchor escapement, quarter striking on a nest of eight bells or four gongs, hour strike on further gong; pendulum, key
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
Circa 1890
The case with brass handles to the sides above foliate cast frets, on lion claw feet, the brass dial with floral spandrels to silvered engraved chapter ring with matted centre, silvered subsidary dials to arch indicating chime/silent, slow/fast and eight bells/Westminster chimes, the substantial triple chain and fusee movement with anchor escapement, quarter striking on a nest of eight bells or four gongs, hour strike on further gong; pendulum, key
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
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