A DORSET BRASS LANTERN CLOCK

A DORSET BRASS LANTERN CLOCK inscribed "Nicholas Hancock, Shaston, Dorset", the dial with a projecting chapter ring, a single hand and a centre engraved with flowers and foliage surmounted by a panel pierced and engraved with entwined dolphins amidst foliage, flanked by urn-shaped finials supporting the belt, on ball feet with peg toes, 14.5" high, together with a later wall bracket, weights, and a brass-cased pendulum. Nicholas Hancock is recorded as working in Shaftesbury (Shaston) Dorset during the latter part of the 17th century.