£3,276
Auction: Five Centuries
the hood with a pagoda pediment above an arched brass engraved dial with silvered chapters with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, the maker's name inscribed to the arch over further dials, 'STRIKE/NOT STRIKE', 'Brittons Strike Home/Correllies Gigg’ [sic], and ‘CHIME/ NOT CHIME'; above an arched trunk door on a panelled plinth with bracket feet; the eight-day triple chain movement striking a main steel bell and chiming on eight, graduated steel bells and brass play drum