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A Sheraton revival inlaid quarter chiming longcase clock by S Smith of London circa 1880
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A high quality, Sheraton Revival, Westminster chiming longcase / grandfather clock by S Smith and Son, 9 Strand, London, circa 1880.
  1. A Sheraton revival inlaid quarter chiming longcase clock by S Smith of London circa 1880
  2. A finely executed square brass clock dial with silvered engraved chapter ring and gilded spandrels to the corners.
  3. Massive fully restored 8 day clock movement by Smith and Son london circa 1880 Westminster chiming on blued steel gongs.
  4. Impressive sheraton style mahogany cased longcase clock by Smith of London with abrass dial and fully restored quarter chiming movement.
  5. A late victorian quarter chiming clock with a brass dial by smith of London
  6. An image of a fine quality mahogany inlaid Sheraton style clock in a showroom setting
  7. A high quality, Sheraton Revival, Westminster chiming longcase / grandfather clock by S Smith and Son, 9 Strand, London, circa 1880.

A high quality, Sheraton Revival, Westminster chiming longcase / grandfather clock by S Smith and Son, 9 Strand, London, circa 1880.

£6,500.00

Dimensions
Height: 247cm
Width: 49cm
Depth: 38cm
Key Details
  • Two Year Mechanical Guarantee
  • UK Mainland Delivery Included
  • Sympathetically Restored
  • Genuine Clock
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A high quality, Sheraton Revival, Westminster chiming longcase / grandfather clock by S Smith and Son, 9 Strand, London, circa 1880.

Case

The impressive tulipwood crossbanded satinwood, mahogany and marquetry case of excellent colour and patination.

The hood with fluted columns, with turned wooded capitals and turned wooden finials surmounted by a hemispherical crest decorated with a lyre against a sunburst, inlaid with satinwood floral cartouches, stringing and crossbanding, beneath an inlaid frieze with matching decoration to the sides with silk lined scrolled wooden sound frets beneath.

The shaped long trunk door with moulded edge and inlaid with finely detailed marquetry cornucopia and bell husk swags, highlighted with pen and ink detailing.

The trunk door flanked by inlaid scrolled satinwood and mahogany mouldings.

The stepped base flanked with turned wooded columns, surmounted by wooden finials and finely executed geometric inlay to the central mahogany, tulipwood and satinwood base panel, surmounted on turned wooded feet.

The original lock keys and hinges to the hood and trunk door.

The case solid mahogany case sides, of the highest quality.

The case is made to a very high standard using the very best materials and is in excellent condition.

Dial

The square brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and subsidiary silvered seconds zone,

The beautifully matted dial centre with an applied silvered cartouche signed S Smith & Son, 9 Strand, London.

Finely cast brass spandrels to the corners of the dial.

Chime / Chime silent selector to the right of the numeral III.

A very crisp and well executed dial of the highest quality.

Movement

The fully restored high quality eight day duration triple weight movement striking the quarters hours on 4 curled gongs, playing graduating Westminster chimes on each quarter, finishing with full Westminster chime on the hour and striking the hours on a further blued steel gong.

The substantial movement having thick brass plates and large knopped plate pillars, all manufactured to the highest possible level..

Weights and pendulum

The original brass cased weights and heavy brass bob pendulum with steel rod and knurled regulation nut.

Hands

Finely fretted blued steel hands.

An exceptional quality clock in excellent original condition with the movement expertly restored.

All of our clocks have been sympathetically restored and have been expertly vetted for originality and good working order.

All clocks purchased from us are guaranteed for two years.

All of our clock movements are restored by our horologist who works exclusively for us.

Our horologist is a Fellow of the British Horological Institute (FBHI), having 50 years of full time professional engagement in the repair & restoration of clocks, watches, music boxes & barometers. He was the recipient of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Bronze Medal.

Delivery and installation of our longcase clocks is carried out free of charge within the U.K. For overseas customers a fully insured door to door service is provided by our regular couriers, please contact us for a specific quotation. All longcase clocks are securely packed and comprehensive installation and maintenance instructions are included.

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S. Smith & Son was founded in 1851 by the jeweller and watchmaker Samuel Smith. In addition to the wide range of watches and clocks for private customers, Smith’s also built reliable chronometers which made the firm a supplier to the Admiralty. Later the firm evolved into a large manufacturing company that had its own research laboratories to develop the production of automobile and aircraft instruments.