Nicholas Lambert, London
The bell top case surmounted by a knopped brass handle, over the moulded cornice and brass lined break arch door with engraved brass foliate quadrants, raised on a shallow plinth base with bracket feet, the side frets finely pierced and engraved with flower baskets, shells and strapwork, the 7.25 inch signed brass Roman and Arabic dial with foliate mask spandrels, silvered chapter ring, mock pendulum and calendar apertures and strike/silent subsidiary dial to the foliate engraved arch, the movement, converted to anchor escapement, chiming the quarters on a rack of six bells and striking the hour on a seventh, the backplate profusely engraved with a husk border and foliate scrolls concealing cherubic figures playing a violin, lute and horn. 51cm (20in)