A fine mahogany quarter chiming domestic regulator with glass rod pendulum
Description :
Dent, London, no. 1012, last quarter 19th century The arched hood pierced with demi lune sound fret, above a glazed long door, on paneled plinth, square silvered dial with minute ring enclosing roman chapters and subsidiary seconds, blued hands, shutters for the winding arbors set into the glazed hood door, massive three train weight driven movement with substantial rectangular plates joined by six pinned knopped pillars, secured by three screws to bronze seat board, deadbeat escapement, maintaining power, beat adjustment to crutch, three patinated brass clad weights with integral pulleys, rack striking the hour on large bell above the movement, chiming the quarters on a further four bells, pendulum suspended from brass plate secured to the backboard, cylindrical bronze clad bob with calibrated rating nut 77in (195cm) high
