GILT 19TH CENTURY SWEDISH MADE WALL CLOCK

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GILT 19TH CENTURY SWEDISH MADE WALL CLOCK OF GENEROUS PROPORTIONS CIRCA 1895.

HERE WE HAVE A NEO CLASSICAL CLOCK BY WELL KNOWN SWEDISH MAKER ROB ENGSTROM, WHO HAVE BEEN TRADING SINCE 1832.  IT IS FITTED WITH A GERMAN LENZKIRCH 1 MILLION MOVEMENT,  LENZKIRCH BEING ONE OF THE FINEST MAKERS OF THIS TYPE OF MOVEMENT IN EUROPE.

DECORATED WITH REMOVABLE CARVING TO THE TOP, SHOWING CORNUCOPIA, SWAGS AND SURMOUNTED WITH A STAR BURST.  CENTRAL CLOCK FACE WITH ARABIC NUMERALS WITH THE MAKERS NAME AND STOCKHOLM TO THE DIAL.  FLANKED EITHER SIDE BY CARVED GRIFFINS AND ON TOP OF THE MIRRORED SECTION, WHICH ALLOWS PENDULUM MOVEMENT.  FURTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, SWAGS AND MOULDINGS TO THE BOTTOM.

MOVEMENT IS STAMPED LENZKIRCH AG 1 MILLION, AND HAS THE PRODUCTION NUMBER OF 966473, WHICH DATES THE TIME PIECE TO AROUND 1895.

4 MINOR LOSSES TO THE WINGS ON THE GRIFFINS, EXPECTED MINOR LOSSES TO GILT AND SYMPATHETIC RESTORATION, CLOCK FACE WITH EXPECTED WEAR IN LINE WITH AGE.  SUPPLIED WITH ORIGINAL PENDULUM AND REPLACEMENT WINDING KEY.

WE RECOMMEND THAT THE MOVEMENT IS PROFESSIONALLY CHECKED, FOR ACCURATE TIME KEEPING.