Beschreibung:

A fine Victorian engraved gilt-brass quarter-chiming and musical skeleton clock of Exhibition quality Retailed by Crawford, Glasgow. Crica 1860 The scrolling plates engraved with foliate designs to both front and rear and resting on four similarly engraved plinths, secured by six substantial double-screwed tapering pillars, the skeletonised chapter ring with inset oval white enamel chapter discs painted with blue Roman numerals, the finely pierced and engraved hands embellished with pale blue paint, with retail signature CRAWFORD, GLASGOW TO THE CENTRE, THE TRIPLE CHAIN FUSEE MOVEMENT WITH VULLIAMY-TYPE DEADBEAT ESCAPEMENT, WHEELWORK WITH FIVE CROSSINGS, THE STEEL ROD PENDULUM SUSPENDED FROM AN ENGRAVED BACKCOCK, WITH RATING NUT FOR FINE CALIBRATION AND BRASS BOB ENCASED IN A FOLIATE CAST OPENWORK MOUNT, QUARTER CHIMING ON EIGHT NESTED BELLS VIA EIGHT HAMMERS AND WITH HOUR STRIKE ON FURTHER BELL, ALL POSITIONED ABOVE THE PLATES, EACH TRAIN WITH CHAINS TO THE BASE FOR INDIRECT WINDING THROUGH THE FRONT OF A GILTWOOD AND GESSO PLINTH CARVED WITH FLORAL, RUNNING GUILLOCHE AND FLUTED DESIGNS, THE WINDING HOLES CONCEALED BY BRASS CAPS, THE PLINTH ALSO HOUSING A MUSICAL MOVEMENT WITH HOURLY TRIP, THE 5¼IN. LONG PINNED MUSIC CYLINDER WITH STEEL TEETH ACTIVATING 38 HAMMERS PLAYING ON 20 BELLS, WITH PUNCHED STAMP FOR NICOLE FRÈRES , playing a sequence of eight tunes (including Auld Lang Syne , God Save the Queen and Rule Britannia ), wound through the side of the plinth; with two original cruciform winding keys; under glass dome (cracked) 30¼in. (77cm.) high