Smith & Sons, London, skeleton clock, polished brass plates with Gothic inspired piercing, with mounted lions and eagles, engraved "Smith & Sons London" on plaque. Silvered dial with intricate piercing and with engraved Gothic Roman numerals, original
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24 October 2024
plates good, with a repair to lancet arch rail at front, lion at left side of base detached, minor spotting and verdigris, dial with darkening, hands good, movement ticks, pendulum good, base painted gold, and probably not original to this clock
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Smith and Sons
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650.00
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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Smith & Sons, London, skeleton clock, polished brass plates with Gothic inspired piercing, with mounted lions and eagles, engraved "Smith & Sons London" on plaque. Silvered dial with intricate piercing and with engraved Gothic Roman numerals, original blued steel hands, 8 days, fusee timepiece movement with finely crossed five spoke wheels and deadbeat escapement, decorative pendulum, and stepped oval marble base, c1870 plates good, with a repair to lancet arch rail at front, lion at left side of base detached, minor spotting and verdigris, dial with darkening, hands good, movement ticks, pendulum good, base painted gold, and probably not original to this clock
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