Estimate: £600 - £800
Auction: Day 2
the silvered arch dial with Roman numerals, signed ‘Clerke, 1 Royal Exchange, London’ and numbered ‘5030’, engraved foliate spandrels, the arch with subsidiary ‘Chime/Silent’ and ‘Westminster Chimes/Chime on Eight Gongs/Chime on Eight Bells’ dials, the large bell top case with carved female mask foliate pediment, the front flanked by carved acanthus caryatids, the sides with pierced foliate grills, on a breakfront plinth base with bracket feet, triple train chain fusee movement, striking the full hour to a large coiled blued steel gong, chiming the quarters to either a pin wheel activated nest of eight coiled blued steel gongs or nest of eight bells, the backplate also signed ‘Clerke, Royal Exchange, London’ and numbered ‘5030’
44cm wide, 65cm high, 31cm deep
The Estate of Sir John and Lady Clare Keswick at Portrack House, Dumfriesshire