The rectangular case surmounted by a straight-sided bell secured with a nut in the form of a five-petaled flower, over the twin foliot bars, both suspended on silk line and with 25 slots for timing adjustment (one retaining its timing weights), the sides and rear of the case decorated with an engraved floral sprig, hinged together and removable, over a flared engraved base, the similarly decorated dial with fixed chapter ring enclosing the alarm setting sector of 13 apertures and a single facetted steel pin, the main hand in pierced steel in the European manner, the weight-driven, posted-frame movement of largely lacquered steel construction with twin verge escapements with automatic change-over for the longer/shorter hours, the strike train with countwheel activating the vertical hammer to the interior of the bell, the alarm train activating a double ended hammer to the front. Sold together with a shaped rectangular, black and red lacquered wall bracket, with two small lead weights. The clock 23cms (9ins) high, the wall bracket 46cms (18ins) high. (2)
The rectangular case surmounted by a straight-sided bell secured with a nut in the form of a five-petaled flower, over the twin foliot bars, both suspended on silk line and with 25 slots for timing adjustment (one retaining its timing weights), the sides and rear of the case decorated with an engraved floral sprig, hinged together and removable, over a flared engraved base, the similarly decorated dial with fixed chapter ring enclosing the alarm setting sector of 13 apertures and a single facetted steel pin, the main hand in pierced steel in the European manner, the weight-driven, posted-frame movement of largely lacquered steel construction with twin verge escapements with automatic change-over for the longer/shorter hours, the strike train with countwheel activating the vertical hammer to the interior of the bell, the alarm train activating a double ended hammer to the front. Sold together with a shaped rectangular, black and red lacquered wall bracket, with two small lead weights. The clock 23cms (9ins) high, the wall bracket 46cms (18ins) high. (2)
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