A SCOTTISH GILT BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TRAVELLING CLOCKTHE DIAL SIGNED FOR ROBERT BRYSON, EDINBURGH, MID 19th CENTURY AND LATERThe circular four pillar twin chain fee eight-day bell-striking movement now with platform lever escapement regulated by sprung split bimetallic balance vertically planted to the upper margin of the backplate, the 3.125 inch circular engraved brass Roman numeral dial signed Rob't Bryson, Edinburgh to centre and with blued steel hands set within a square gilt brass matted mask behind substantial cast gilt caddy-moulded bevel-glazed front door, now in a rectangular case with shaped foliate scroll engraved hinged carrying handle to top and conforming glazed door to rear, on stepped canted skirt base incorporating gilt pad feed with shaped apron between.15.5cm (6.125ins) high, 14cm (5.5ins) wide, 11.5cm (4.5ins) deep.Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands.The movement and dial of the current lot are by Robert Bryson who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as a 'very fine maker' born in 1778 and working up until his death in 1852. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and made a sidereal clock for Edinburgh Observatory, he also held the Royal Warrant for clocks and watches supplied to the Royal hoehold of Queen Victoria. Bryson was also a co-founder of what would be Herriot Watt University in Edinburgh and was succeeded by his sons Alexander and Robert who both became esteemed horologists in their own right.