A LATE VICTORIAN CARVED OAK QUARTER-CHIMING BRACKET CLOCKUNS...

Estimate

£500 - £700

A LATE VICTORIAN CARVED OAK QUARTER-CHIMING BRACKET CLOCKUNSIGNED, LATE 19th CENTURYThe four pillar triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum with pivoted rise/fall beam regulation to suspension, quarter-chiming on a graduated nest of eight-bell and sounding the hour on a coiled gong, the backplate stamped W.&H., Sch for Winterhalder and Hoffmeier of Schwaerzenbach to lower margin, the 8 inch arched brass dial with matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track, with steel trident hands and applied cast winged cherub mask spandrels to angles beneath twin subsidiary regulation and CHIME/SILENT selection dials within conforming applied mounts, the break-arch case with carved leafy infill to the tympanum and cavetto cornice over arched glazed door incorporating silvered angled fillet moulding behind the glass, flanked by rose and leafy trail carved female terms capped by projecting mouldings, the sides with rectangular fretwork panel doors and the rear flush incorporating a brass grille inset rectangular door, on inverted breakfront plinth base applied with mask centred floral sprays flanked by rosettes to apron over a moulded skirt.63cm (24.75ins) high, 41cm (16.25ins) wide, 27cm (10.75ins) deep.