The broken arch hood with glazed panel door, flanked to each side by a fluted canted angle and glazed panel, the trunk inset with a flat-top arched panel door, with fine flame veneer, above a shaped panel base and twin stepped plinth, on bracket feet; the 13in arched brass dial decorated with a painted quintet with three automata musicians, and tune selector hand for six tunes - FAL LA LA / HOME SWEET HOME / MARCH IN ROB ROY / BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND / MARINERS HYMN / 104th PSALM, above subsidiaries for STRIKE / NOT STRIKE and CHIME / NOT CHIME, with silvered chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with seconds subsidiary and signature escutcheon engraved Samuel Smith LONDON, with date aperture above the VI, the substantial three train movement with six knopped pillars, playing on a carillon of six bells, striking the hour on a larger single bell, with anchor escapement
232cm high
PROVENANCE: Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 5 October 2016, lot 216.
With brass flat rod pendulum. Three substantial brass covered weights. Two keys for the door locks.
The clock is in excellent original condition. The case has a good colour and patina with deep luxuriant polish. The movement was working prior to consignment and has been well cared for. The oak seaboard is a replacement.
A superb example of the clockmaker’s craft.
