A VICTORIAN BRASS STRIKING EIGHT DAY SKELETON CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO SMITHS, CLERKENWELL, LONDON. CIRCA 1865
DIAL: pierced, engraved and silvered chapter ring, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: pierced plates with seven double-screwed pillars, twin chain fusees, train wheels with five crossings, dead beat anchor escapement, rack strike on gong, half hour passing strike on bell; gridiron pendulum, winding key, replaced velvet-covered and ebonised plinth and glass dome
21 in. (53.5 cm.) high, excluding dome; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
A VICTORIAN BRASS STRIKING EIGHT DAY SKELETON CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO SMITHS, CLERKENWELL, LONDON. CIRCA 1865
DIAL: pierced, engraved and silvered chapter ring, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: pierced plates with seven double-screwed pillars, twin chain fusees, train wheels with five crossings, dead beat anchor escapement, rack strike on gong, half hour passing strike on bell; gridiron pendulum, winding key, replaced velvet-covered and ebonised plinth and glass dome
21 in. (53.5 cm.) high, excluding dome; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
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