A superior, rare and very original table clock of this type by very good makers.The 8 day duration, 5 pillar, double fusee movement with attached pendulum Verge escapement. Though 2 train, it quarter chimes on a nest of 6 graduated bells and sounds the hours on a single, larger bell - all top-mounted. The backplate, fixing brackets, return springs and backcock are all engraved with a floral Rococo design and the movement also has a silent feature.Behind an exquisite 8'' wide, brass break-arch dial with finely cast, gilded brass Rococo spandrels to the corners and arch. The well executed silvered chapter ring has outer Arabic 5''s, minute track and inner, Roman hour numerals. The arch has a strike/silent silvered chapter and the upper centre of the dial has a chamfered axe-head aperture containing the silvered maker''s cartouche being well engraved with the maker''s signature of ''Gravell & Tolkien, London'' and numbered ''2610''. The chapter centres are extremely well matted an...