John Taylor, LondonThe bell topped case with five finials (one replaced) over mask-centred cast brass sound frets to a plinth base with heavy brass banding on scroll feet, the 8 inch arched brass dial signed in a shaped silvered recess flanked by twin subsidiaries for Chime/not Chime and Hornpipe/March, over the Roman and Arabic dial with concentric date hand, the substantial gut fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement striking the hours on a bell and sounding the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers, the backplate with foliate scroll engraving centred by a stylised urn 60cms (2ft) high.