Bracket clock, mahogany and mahogany veneer case, the stepped base with ebony inlays, and resting on cast paw feet, supporting a tall clock style bonnet with brass columns, ebony plinth block and boxwood broken arch and top molding, painted sheet iron

Bracket clock, mahogany and mahogany veneer case, the stepped base with ebony inlays, and resting on cast paw feet, supporting a tall clock style bonnet with brass columns, ebony plinth block and boxwood broken arch and top molding, painted sheet iron dial with Roman numeral chapter ring, faux date display, and with paintings of ruins in the arch and spandrels, steel hands, 8 day time and strike fusee movement, brass pendulum, 19th century case good, with remnants of an old finish, some veneer lifting, bonnet door with repairs, columns inverted, feet replaced, appears to have had either ball or turned feet originally, base molding with splits at corners from foot screws, dial with minor losses, minute and seconds hands replaced, movement with plugged holes, some pivot holes with aggressive punching, unusual strike work combining elements of count wheel and rack and snail striking, arbor which carries the gathering pallet repivoyed, plug loose, needs repair to prevent disaster, some wheels 4 spoke, others 5 spoke and with different finishing, fusees with external clicks, pendulum with modifications. This clock is quite a puzzle, and appears to have had numerous modifications and repairs throughout its life. Influence of the Germanic school is evident.