A Delightful polished Brass Scroll Frame Skeleton Clock. c1860s

This is a very nice polished brass scroll frame skeleton clock with passing strike. The four pillar waisted scroll form frame rests on four brass corner posts. The clock is attached to a grooved mahogany frame with integral glass dome.

The clock has a skeletonized and silvered scroll dial with black Roman hour numbers and Arabic minutes within the outer dial scrolls. The hands are of polished brass.

This clock has a quality five wheel movement with dead beat escapement. It has a single spring barrel with wire line drive over a force compensating fusee. It has a rear mounted pendulum with brass bob and a winding arbor to the front. There is passing strike to a top mounted polished brass bell driven by a lever and pin in the motion works.

15” high without glass dome. The clock comes complete with the glass dome.