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An Edwardian carved mahogany quarter-chiming longcase clock, early 20th century
The case with stepped hood carved with leaves and scrolls against a stippled ground, blind fret cornices, outset fluted columns with Corinthian carved capitals, sound frets to the sides, with conforming carving to a trunk door flanked by fluted and chamfered angles, similar recessed quatreform panel to the plinth raised on bracket feet, the 13¼in. brass dial with gilt foliate spandrels to a silvered chapter ring applied with brass stylised Arabic chapters, the foliate engraved and silvered centre with recessed seconds ring, blued steel hands, with painted rolling moon to the arch flanked by subsidiary rings for chime/silent and chime on eight bells/Cambridge chimes, the substantial three train movement with anchor escapement quarter chiming on eight bells or four gongs and with hour strike on further gong -- 100½in. (255cm.) high
The case with stepped hood carved with leaves and scrolls against a stippled ground, blind fret cornices, outset fluted columns with Corinthian carved capitals, sound frets to the sides, with conforming carving to a trunk door flanked by fluted and chamfered angles, similar recessed quatreform panel to the plinth raised on bracket feet, the 13¼in. brass dial with gilt foliate spandrels to a silvered chapter ring applied with brass stylised Arabic chapters, the foliate engraved and silvered centre with recessed seconds ring, blued steel hands, with painted rolling moon to the arch flanked by subsidiary rings for chime/silent and chime on eight bells/Cambridge chimes, the substantial three train movement with anchor escapement quarter chiming on eight bells or four gongs and with hour strike on further gong -- 100½in. (255cm.) high
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