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Small Lantern clock with alarmCase:Brass posted-frame with four turned brass finials at corners, and another over trapped bell. Three pierced but unengraved frets to front and sides of bell. Dial:Silvered chapter ring with roman hour numerals (I-XII) with half-hour markers, inner ring having dashed quarter hour markers. Brass dial centre with foliate engraving. Inner silvered alarm disc with arabic numerals (1-12). Single steel hour hand with tail forming alarm marker. Movement: Weight-driven movement (2 driving weights, 2 counterweights, rope drive - none original), verge escapement with short pendulum, alarm.
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