BARRY RAILWAY 12 INCH DIAL OAK CASED FUSEE CLOCK WITH ORIGINAL GHOSTED BARRY DIAL WRITING.

12 inch Oak cased iron dial fusee railway clock with a spun brass bezel supplied to the Barry Railway by Barry and Sons of Cardiff circa 1860. The quality English chain driven fusee movement in fully overhauled condition has large A shaped plates with a rectangular cut out to the bottom these are held together by turned cylindrical collared pillars. A Fine oak case with a 8 piece segmented convex and concave surround held onto the back box by four tapered pegs with a GWR numberplate 3332 fixed onto the left hand side, the back box is of typical mid 19th century design with two side doors and a bottom door with the lock removed and secured by a ball bearing catch, this would have been fitted by the GWR clock workshops at Reading and is a common feature on GWR clocks. An enamel painted iron dial with Roman numerals and bearing GWR in block lettering and also visible is the original Ghosted dial writing BARRY RAILWAY Coy BARRY & Sons CARDIFF. This is stunning example of these very desirable clocks.