A rare example of a quarter chiming bracket clock made 1800-1805 by John Allam and Thomas Caithness with an eight day triple fusee movement chiming on ten bells. This clock has an unusual recoil escapement of cut cylinder form chiming the quarters on 10 bells. The substantial three train fusee movement united by four baluster pillars, strikes the hours on a single bell and chimes the quarters on a run of ten bells and hammers, regulated by a steel-rod pendulum suspended between cheeks for the rise-and-fall regulation, terminating in a heavy brass bob with hold fast. The back plate is beautifully engraved with a scrolling foliate design and emerging form a central urn above a oval cartouche signed Allam and Caithness LONDON. The movement has a pull cord to advance/correct the chiming.Housed in an ebonised triple pad case with brass-bound pads centred by a handle over silk-backed sound frets on a moulded and brass bound base and ogee bracket feet. The four canted corners with bra...