the breakarch hood with pagoda top surmounted by three turned giltwood urn finials, enclosing an 11 inch brass dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, pierced brass spandrels subsidiary second dial with date aperture below, the arch with ‘Strike/Silent’ dial, pierced steel hands, the trunk with breakarch door, on a panelled plinth base with bracket feet, decorated throughout in the Chinoiserie style with gilt figures in a temple landscape on a red ground, the twin-train movement with anchor escapement, striking a bell
272cm high, 50cm wide, 26cm deep
Provenance: Property from a Scottish country house