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.....BEAUTIFULL Wm GILBERT..."PARISIAN" PARLOR CLOCK..CIRCA 1900...

.......MADE OF WALNUT WITH A WARM PETTINA THAT IS BEAUTIFULLY CARVED WITH A WONDERFULL FEATURED  PEDESTAL ...HAS A LARGE EIGHT DAY MOVEMENT THAT IS MARKED 1878 THAT IS A BEAUTY  AND WORKS BEAUTIFULLY AS IT HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND OILED WITH A SERVICE EVIDENT AT SOME STAGE AS SOME OF THE BUSHINGS LOOK QUITE NEW..IT IS NOT THE ORIGINAL MOVEMENT AS SOME PERSON !! PUT AN ANSONIA IN IT WITH ME BUYING A GILBERT MOVEMENT TO HAVE THIS CLOCK CORRECT WITH IT MARKED 1878 AROUND THE MIDDLE SCREW ...THE PENDULUM IS A GILBERT PENDULUM AND COULD BE ORIGINAL AS IT DOES HAVE A LITTLE WEAR FROM OVER THE YEARS BUT IS WONDERFULLY DETAILED..THE ORIGINAL OLD BRASS BELL IS A STRONG RINGER AND HAS AN OLD NUT HOLDING IT WHICH DINGS ON THE HOUR BUT NOT THE HALF HOUR..THE PAPER DIAL IS ORIGINAL AS i CANT FIND ANOTHER UNDERNEATH AND CAN SUPPLY A NEW ONE IF WANTED FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENT..THE DIAL PAN IS A GILBERT....I BOUGHT IT WITHOUT FINIALS AS THEY HAD BEEN LONG GONE AND BOUGHT BEECHWOOD FINIALS FROM AN ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION SELLER IN THE UK EBAY SIGHT THAT ARE QUALITY AND I THINK MOST IMPRESSIVE..THESE ARE NOT GLUED IN TO HELP THEM NOT BEING DAMAGED IN TRANSIT LIKE THE ORIGINAL WERE......ORIGINAL LIONS HEAD LOOKS RATHER MEAN AND AN EYE CATCHER...THE ONLY DAMAGE IS A SMALL PIECE MISSING FROM THE VERY BOTTOM ON THE RIGHT SIDE AS SEEN IN PICS THAT IS NOT THAT NOTICEABLE..ONLY HAS TO BE SERVICE OR LOOKED AT IN ANOTHER 2 YEARS....CLICKS WIND SECURELY WITH GOOD SPRINGS..........MEASUREMENT OF THIS QUITE LARGE CLOCK IS  52 CMS HIGH WITHOUT FINIAL X 64CMS WITH FINIAL X 36 CMS WIDE...........THE CLOCK WILL BE POLISHED WITH FRENCH POLISH OF BEES WAX BEFORE DELIVERY........

.........A WONDERFULL, BEAUTIFULL CLOCK FOR ANY ROOM AND DECOR THAT WILL BE TICKING RIGHT UP TO PACKING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY...........

........I CAN HOLD THIS FOR XMAS IF YOU WOULD LIKE AND WILL TAKE PART PAYMENTS UP TO DELIVERY.......

.......HAPPY TO QUOTE FOR POSTAGE TO YOUR ADDRESS...

..............WILL BE PROPERLY PACKED AS I ALWAYS DO IN A GOOD STRONG BOX AND I INSIST ON REGISTERED WITH INSURANCE OPTIONAL.........

...........................THANKS JAN...............................