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Woodwould
16th October 2011, 06:19 PM
This is a 26" tall circa 1730 George II quarter striking automata bracket clock by James Smith of London (clockmaker to George III).

The interesting characters at the top of the dial go about their business as the pendulum swings.

jimbur
16th October 2011, 06:37 PM
That's risky, it's not fitted with sawstop!
Cheers,
Jim

artme
17th October 2011, 10:03 AM
:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Ian Wells
17th October 2011, 10:11 PM
Lovely !