A fine quarter chiming brass skeleton clock with deadbeat escapement and a dome
Description :
Attributed to Smith's of Clerkenwell, retailed by Cooper, Huddersfield, mid 19th century The substantial frame pierced with arches capped by fleurs de lis, seven screwed knopped pillars, pierced silvered chapter ring with roman numerals each on a reserve engraved with distinctive coronet, blued pierced scroll hands, triple chain fusees, Vulliamy type deadbeat anchor, maintaining power, spring suspended mock gridiron pendulum, wheel work with six crossings partly pivoted in pierced brackets, striking train similarly pierced with polished scroll steel work, rack striking the hour on coiled blued steel gong, chiming on eight bells with eight hammers mounted transversely between the arches, all raised on velvet plinth with applied silver presentation plaque dated 1864, associated turned ebonized base with cylindrical glass dome 24in (61cm)high including plinth
