What can you tell me about this tall clock by looking at its face? I am working to restore this tall clock to running order. I call the movement a bell top ringer because of the loud bell on the top of the movement. I have also included some images of the case... which needs to be made sound. I am guessing it is English (Liverpool) but haven't a guess about the maker/seller. Thank you for all the details you can share.
What's most interesting to me is the use of musical "trophies" for spandrel decoration. I can't recall seeing that before, FWIW. RM
That's what I thought was most unusual, too. I even spent a while trying to see if I could identify the various instruments. Think I got most of them - they even have a 'serpent' - but some are not very clear. Very unusual, at least to me. JTD
The maker of the clock is L. Watson of Liverpool. I'm not sure if the "L" is actually an L. There is a John Watson, Liverpool listed working around 1825. The clock seems to have a center hand for the calendar. Uhralt
interesting.Most of the musical instruments depicted here were allready oldfashioned at the time the dial was painted like the Serpent and the Zinks , so maybe this unusual decoration has something to do with the first owner? Anyway a nice clock and a gorgeous dial! Congrats! Burkhard
The back of the face shows how the moon dial and the calendar are advance by the movement. More clues: one of the posts that mount the sub-dial to the movement has been filed or ground so that it fits the movement. The dial posts are loose in the sub-dial; but, they are in the right location.
