A Regency brass inlaid mahogany bracket clock, the eight day twin fusee movement striking on a bell with pull repeat mechanism, the painted break arch dial with pastoral scene of shepherd and shepherdess to arch above black Roman numerals and inscribed 'J. Nicholas, Daventry', cornered with urn spandrels, the case with moulded arch pediment and brass pineapple finial, the sides with pierced gilt arched scale fret panels, the front with brass line and rosette inlaid decoration, on a plinth base and bun feet, height 56cm, the brass pendulum bob with engraved inscription 'Nicholas Fecit Daventry, 1817', with winder and case key. Note: John Nicholas was born in 1785 and is recorded as working in Daventry between 1805 and his death in 1860.