architectural top with cast scrolling foliate female mask frieze, the round brass dial with Arabic numerals, flanked by freestanding columns, the lower plinth with a vignette of figures. The 8-day, circular, French, brass, time and gong strike movement stamped Japy Freres, H.P. and Co. 50596. The case with plaque ‘Presented to Mr. Frank Thirlmell by the Darsham County Agricultural Society, S. Shields Show 1886. With key and pendulum. 12″H x 10.5″W x 6″D, Circa – 1885.
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