P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers has dated this piece to the 1860s.
The dial framed within a gilt wooden sight ring. The plain mahogany case of perfect proportions and featuring fiddle back veneer and a glazed trunk door with a veneered backboard. The glazed door displaying a pair of brass cased weights and a conventional pendulum. The plain base features a single plinth and to the pediment, a typical Edinburgh architectural top.

Note: John S. Mathieson was working in Leith in 1880. He is listed as a Chronometer Maker and received the Reid & Auld prize for designing a Chronometer that could be wound without reversing their suspension.
Height: 6'5½"
P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers has dated this piece to the 1860s.
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