A unique antique mahogany column clock after renovation

Excellent quality and a very attractive mahogany Regency clock, attributed to Gillow, with a painted dial inscribed W. Preston, Lancaster, featuring Roman numerals and original hands with inlaid marquetry, auxiliary chapters with date and day, 8-day striking movement on a bell, all housed in an arched hood with a truncated neck fronton, flanked by elegant cane columns, a case with a fiery mahogany veneer, a satinwood string inlay, crossed and shaped doors surrounding the original pendulum and weights, with quartered cane columns ending in a fiery mahogany base and shaped feet. This magnificent grandfather clock retains its original finish, color, and patina. c1810

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