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ANTIQUE #SA1023041

A Fine Quality Westminster Chiming Chippendale Style Long Case / Grandmother / Longcase / Grandfather Clock C. 1890

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks

A very high quality late Victorian grandmother clock, with a superior quality spring driven Westminster quarter chiming movement by R. M. Schneckenburger of Germany, c.1890
 
The beautifully proportioned small mahogany case of excellent colour and patination.
 
The Chippendale style flame mahogany case with a carved mahogany swan neck pediment, glazed arched shaped door flanked by finely reeded pilasters above a carved tear drop decorated frieze.
 
The beautifully figured mahogany triple pointed trunk door, flanked by reeded quarter pilasters above a figured mahogany base raised on ogee bracket feet.
 
The sides of the case are also veneered in beautifully figured flame mahogany.
 
The case is made to a very high standard using the very best materials and is in excellent original condition.
 
The arched brass dial with gilded brass spandrels and a finely matted dial centre.
 
The circular silvered and engraved Roman numeral chapter ring with gilded half hour markings and silvered subsidiary zones for the rise and fall mechanism and chime silent facility.
 
A very substantial and well executed dial of the highest quality.
 
The fully restored high quality eight day duration triple train spring driven movement, Westminster striking the quarter hours on four curled blued steel gongs and striking the hours on a larger fifth blued steel curled gong.
 
Rise and fall mechanism for time keeping adjustment and chime silent facility.
 
The movement is fully restored by our horologist who works exclusively for us.
 
Our horologist is a Fellow of the British Horological Institute (FBHI), having 35 years of full time professional engagement in the repair & restoration of clocks, watches, music boxes & barometers. He was the recipient of the 1977 Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Bronze Medal.
 
The original brass bob pendulum with brass rod.
 
Blued steel hands.
 
The firm Rup. Amann Fabrik für Federzug- & Gewicht-Regulateure, of Mülhheim [on the] Donau, in Wür...
Antique #SA1023041, shown on this page, originates from 1890. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1890
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CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks
Yorkshire
United Kingdom
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THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD
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