An unusual later18thcentury French iron framed lantern clock.White tin glazeFaience dial with nicely shaped black numerals.Typical brass fretwith wheat sheaves and cockerel design. Very well made heavyquality iron framed movement.Nicely shapedsteelwork.Independently woundwheel trains.Unusual anchorescapement with pallets centre set high in relation to the escapewheel in the manner of Graham dead beat escapements.Rack strikingsounding the hours and a second passing strike hammer soundin...g thehalf hours (single stroke).Repeating leverrepeats the previous hourPleasesee images below. Atthe top of the images below I have included A short video to give youan idea of how the strike mechanism runs. Please allow the videoto load before playing it through.Condition. The movement is ingood sound and clean condion. Very little wear tothe pinions and the escapement pallets.The wheel trains runwhen pressure is applied to them.The escapementfunctions correctly with very little 'drop'The movement iscomplete.No pendulum, driveweights or cord.Dimensions Overall height ofmovement to top of brass dial ornament 38.8 cm (15 1/4”)Dial diameter 21.6cm (8 1/2”)Overall movementdepth front to back tip of hands stud to tip backcock 20.3 cm (8")Plates 13 cm /(5 1/8”) deep x 15.3 cm (6") wide Internal heightbetween plates 16.5 cm (6 1/2") Packed weight 7.8 kg 56 x 35 x 35 cm YouTubeVideo will open in a new window Using the eBay App? Paste link into a browser window:[isdntekvideo]YouTubeVideo will open in a new window Using the eBay App? Paste link into a browser window:[isdntekvideo]