Beschreibung:

Delander, London Surmounted by a cast handle on an inverted bell top with fine mouldings over a concave cornice, circular and rectangular glazed side panels and a plinth base on block feet, the front and rear doors, all four angles, and the four side windows all framed in carved mahogany borders of egg-and-dart or flowerheads interlaced with flowing ribbon, the 6.25 inch arched brass dial with rise-and-fall regulation dial in the arch (divided into 40 divisions marked in 5s) flanked by silver spandrels depicting a cornucopia and a cherub holding a flowerstalk aloft, over the silvered Roman and Arabic dial framed by silver scroll-and-flower spandrels, the finely matted centre with curved chamfered mock pendulum aperture revealing the engraved silvered 'bob', chamfered square date aperture and applied nameplate a strike/silent lever at IX, the twin gut fusee movement with rectangular plates united by six knopped pillars, the pivotted verge escapement with adjustable pallets to a brass rod pendulum with lenticular brass bob secured for transit by a steel hook, rack striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, signed in a copperplate script to the lower half of the backplate, Delander, London, the high-strokes of the letters flowing into one another. Running, striking and repeating. Sold together with a 20th century, bespoke mahogany wall bracket, made in solid mahogany and multi-layered in the 18th century style, with three suspension loops. The bracket 22cms (8.75ins.) high, 29.5 (11.5ins) wide and 21cms (8.25ins) deep. 45cms (17.75ins) high (2)