The movement signed John Grant, Fleet Street, London, the case associated
Estimate: | £400 - £600 |
Hammer price: | £1,000 |
The case with a moulded pediment above glazed dial door and sides, the trunk inset with a rectangular panel door, above panelled base and stepped wavy plinth, the 10in square brass dial with foliate spandrels, enclosing a silvered chapter ring, with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, the matted centre with signature arc, seconds subsidiary and calendar aperture, the twin train movement with arched plates, striking the hours on a bell and the quarters on two bells
205cm high
CONDITION REPORT
With two brass cased weights and brass rod brass bob pendulum. The case has been repolished. There is a slight warp to the panel door. The movement requires a service. The bell nut has been lost.