Joseph Smith, ChesterThe bold handle over a stepped moulded caddy with gadrooned border over outset corners with reeded and carved Corinthian columns raised on carved ogee bases, each side with a hinged and lockable glazed door to access the movement,the 9.75 inch arched brass dial with flowing foliate scroll engraved border framing the painted rolling moonphase, the rococo spandrels enclosing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with finely matted centre with alarm setting disc and chamfered date aperture, signed 'Jos: Smith, CHESTER' between V and VII, a lever visible in the mask by IX which sets the alarm (and in doing so, silences the hourly strike), the twin gut fusee movement with five turned finned pillars screwed through the backplate and pinned to the front, now converted to anchor escapement, with countwheel strike acting on a single bell, the alarm and repeat using three further hammers and two smaller bells, 58cms (23ins) high.