William Smith London The case with serpentine hood with pierced sides over a tapering trunk carved to each of the side doors with musical trophies, the front with a portrait medallion, on a shaped serpentine base on paw feet, the 12 inch brass dial signed in a strike/silent boss in the arch over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre, date aperture and running seconds, the eight-day weight driven movement with anchor escapement and rack strike, the separate weight driven musical movement wound from the side and driving a 12 inch long, 5 inch diameter pinned wooden barrel operating 26 square-section pipes arranged in two banks from 2.75 inches to 15 inches, the two kid-leather and wooden bellows mounted below the main seatboard (leather restored) 2.7m (8ft 11ins) high.
William Smith London The case with serpentine hood with pierced sides over a tapering trunk carved to each of the side doors with musical trophies, the front with a portrait medallion, on a shaped serpentine base on paw feet, the 12 inch brass dial signed in a strike/silent boss in the arch over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre, date aperture and running seconds, the eight-day weight driven movement with anchor escapement and rack strike, the separate weight driven musical movement wound from the side and driving a 12 inch long, 5 inch diameter pinned wooden barrel operating 26 square-section pipes arranged in two banks from 2.75 inches to 15 inches, the two kid-leather and wooden bellows mounted below the main seatboard (leather restored) 2.7m (8ft 11ins) high.
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