the case having an inverted bell top pediment above a glazed door flanked by ormolu caryatid canted corners enclosing an 8" brass arched dial with gilt spandrels and silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and Arabic concentric calendar surrounding a matted centre; the arch with two subsidiary dials for Chime/ Not Chime and a Song/a March fronting a large eight-day triple fusee movement with fully engraved backplate and verge escapement chiming the quarters on eight bells and the hours on a larger bell

51cm high