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A small 8-day striking true English Bracket clock
 
 

 

UK 10/05
 

A small, elegant 8-day striking true English bracket clock, mahogany veneered oak case and bracket, gilded brass dial of unusual waisted shape, strike/silent in the arch, date ring below the chapter ring, false pendulum aperture, signed on a separate name plate Chater & Sons London, the engraved back plate of the movement similarly signed, verge escapement, repeating the hour strike on demand, height excluding finials 55 cm, 2nd half 18th century.

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