A very good quality German mahogany antique mantel clock with boxwood stringing to the front of the case and brass string inlay to the canted corners stood on brass bracket feet.The clock has a silvered dial with Roman numerals and a slow-fast mechanism and has a German Winterhalder & Hofmeier eight day ting tang movement which strikes the quarters, half hours and hours on two gongs.Winterhalder & Hofmeier were considered the finest clockmakers in the Victorian era, they came from a family of clockmakers. They were based Germany�s Black Forest region. The company was established in 1810 by Thomas Winterhalder, and was continued by his three sons Matth�us, Karl and Linus.Thomas� son Matthaus took over in 1830 and in 1850 Anton Hofmeier joined the company, who was himself a clockmaker and relative to the Winterhalder family. The company then became known as Winterhalder and Hofmeier.The clock movement has been cleaned and serviced and comes with a 12 month guarantee.Height - 30 cm (12 inches)Width - 23 cm (9 inches)Depth - 19 cm (7 � inches)Circa - 1890ABOUT - Arrowsmith Antiques has been established in Macclesfield, Cheshire for 35 years. We sell high quality antique furniture, clocks, lighting and decorative items ready for your home, to the general public and interior designers around the world from our showroom. Our stock inventory consists of decorative Continental, English and Oriental items ranging from the 18th century through to the 20th century.DELIVERY - Delivery is free for mainland UK. Small goods will be delivered within a couple of working days which are provided with a tracking number and are usually next day delivery services. All of our small items (mantel clocks, smaller chandeliers, wall lights, miscellaneous items) are packaged to a high standard. Double boxed, bubble wrapped and bedded in foam. Our preferred courier is Parcelforce, however we may send with a different courier occasionally.Larger items a...