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A walnut longcase clock
the hood with flat top and moulded cornice with blind-fret carved frieze below, gilt-capped turned pilasters, glazed panels to the sides, the trunk door with moulded border and glazed circular aperture, on plinth with bracket feet, the 12in.(30cm.) square brass dial with silvered chapter ring signed John Wither London, cherub and coronet spandrels with foliate engraving between, the matted centre with subsidiary silvered seconds ring, date aperture and ringed winding holes, the five ringed pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement, associated, English, 18th century -- 88in.(223.5cm.) high
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the hood with flat top and moulded cornice with blind-fret carved frieze below, gilt-capped turned pilasters, glazed panels to the sides, the trunk door with moulded border and glazed circular aperture, on plinth with bracket feet, the 12in.(30cm.) square brass dial with silvered chapter ring signed John Wither London, cherub and coronet spandrels with foliate engraving between, the matted centre with subsidiary silvered seconds ring, date aperture and ringed winding holes, the five ringed pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement, associated, English, 18th century -- 88in.(223.5cm.) high
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