Typical "Westcountry" short door mahogany case with ball finial centred swan neck pediment, "wavy edge" to inner hood door, canted corners to trunk and front only shallow bracket feet. A "leaner."

12" breakarch "Walker & Hughes" painted dial with woodchopper and tree creeper ( bird ) ascending and descending adjacent tree.Single potted rose painted corner spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, and "sad mouth" date aperture.

Decorative, punch decorated brass hands. N.B. Walker & Hughes ( the dialmakers ) are recorded at Fisher Street, Birmingham 1827 - 1835.

Good quality, 8 day movement, with hourly ( rack ) striking.Automata driven from the pallet arbor.

S. Savery of Tockington in Gloucestershire is an ( as yet ) unrecorded maker though there is recorded a THOMAS Savery of Morlwood New Farm, Thornbury ( 1822 - 1851 ) a short distance North of Tockington so there is likely a family connection.