A VICTORIAN BRASS 'GOTHIC CATHEDRAL' SKELETON CLOCK

A VICTORIAN BRASS 'GOTHIC CATHEDRAL' SKELETON CLOCK

IN THE MANNER OF EVANS OF HANDSWORTH, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

the brass eight day twin fusee movement with an anchor escapement striking on a bell and a gong, the silvered dial formed of shaped cartouches with ebonised Roman numerals, with halberd type hands with a pierced architectural case in the form of a cathedral, on a walnut and ebonised oval base and under a glass dome, with pendulum and winding key (2)

48.5cm high

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Catalogue Note

This clock is based on Carfax Tower, Queen Street, Oxford.