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A late Victorian inlaid rosewood quarter chiming bracket clock, unsigned, late 19th century The substantial four pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming a choice of two melodies on either a graduated nest of eight bells or four gongs and sounding the hour on a further larger gong, with anchor escapement for regulation by a lenticular bob pendulum incorporating pivoted rise/fall regulation to suspension, the 7.5 inch gilt brass shallow-arch dial plate overall engraved with fine foliate scrolls applied with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylized fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track beneath CHIME/SILENT, regulation and CHIME ON EIGHT BELLS/CAMBRIDGE CHIMES subsidiary dials to the shallow arch, with blued steel hands, the shallow break-arch top with urn flanked by foliate scroll inlay to tympanum over silvered brass angled fillet inset dial aperture to the bevel-glazed front door with line inlaid border and further foliate scroll infill to upper angles flanked by ribbon-tied pendant husk decorated canted angles, the sides with rectangular scroll-pierced sound frets within line-panel border with conforming scroll spandrel infill, the rear with rectangular glazed door, the moulded skirt base further decorated with stylized urn and scroll decoration to front, on paw cast gilt brass feet, 51cm (21ins) high.

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