A mid Victorian bronze giant striking carriage clock with large gilt platform having wide diameter plain balance to lever escapement, the four pillar twin chain fusee movement with maintaining power, hour & half hour strike on gong on backplate engraved Webster & Son, Cornhill London, the similarly signed gilt dial intricately engraved with profuse scrolling foliage, Roman chapter ring with floral half-hour markers, blued moon hands, the case on bun feet with moulded base and dentilled frieze to the stepped top with foliate carrying handle and large bevelled glass viewing aperture; baize-lined mahogany carrying case with gilt handle to top

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A mid Victorian bronze giant striking carriage clock with large gilt platform having wide diameter plain balance to lever escapement, the four pillar twin chain fusee movement with maintaining power, hour & half hour strike on gong on backplate engraved Webster & Son, Cornhill London, the similarly signed gilt dial intricately engraved with profuse scrolling foliage, Roman chapter ring with floral half-hour markers, blued moon hands, the case on bun feet with moulded base and dentilled frieze to the stepped top with foliate carrying handle and large bevelled glass viewing aperture; baize-lined mahogany carrying case with gilt handle to top
9in. (23cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The case of this clock with its oak carcass 'veneered' with bronze is reminiscent of others by James McCabe, indeed the quality and style of the dial and the mahogany carrying case would seem to coroborate the evidence.

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