A VIENNESE ROSEWOOD GRANDE-SONNERIE STRIKING WALL REGULATOR Unsigned, mid 19th century The four pillar triple train eight-day movement with Graham type deadbeat escapement incorporating tall inverted Y-shaped pallets regulated by brass lenticular bob pendulum with ebonised wood shaft and incorporating fine beat adjustment to the crutch, the quarter train sounding on one of the pair of graduated gongs positioned on a brass scroll-shaped bracket behind the movement followed by the hour train sounding the last hour on the second gong, the two-piece white enamel Roman numeral dial with brass edged recessed centre, pierced steel hands and repeating scroll cast brass bezel, the case with a foliate scroll carved crest over shaped ogee moulded pediment centred with a keystone over fill-height arch glazed door applied with moulded scrolls to upper and lower margins as well as to the centre between, the sides with tall rectangular glazed windows over ogee-outline base with scroll carved pendant. 140cm (55ins) high, 38cm (15ins) wide, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy Collection.