A hardwood striking wall clock [shaku dokei]

A hardwood striking wall clock [shaku dokei]
Mid to late 19th century
The case with shaped backboard, glazed hood with sliding front panel, trunk with pierced geometric brass sound frets to each side and terminating with a key drawer, set with twenty-five adjustable shaped brass hour and half-hour markers reading against an engraved brass scale, the going train with floral pierced front plate and turned pillars, verge escapement with balance wheel, driven by a weight incorporating the spring driven strike train with outside countwheel 19 ¼ in (49 cm) high