An eight-day bell-striking mahogany Nelson commemorative longcase clock with automata by Bartley & Eggert, Bristol, circa 1810.

The weight-driven movement has rectangular brass plates which are united by four knopped pillars. The going train has an anchor escapement and seconds beating pendulum. The striking train employs a rack system with snail mounted to the hour wheel. The thirteen-inch break arched dial has Arabic numerals and outer fifteen minute markings. The corners have gilt conch shell and seaweed decoration enclosed within a fancy border, the centre of the dial has a patriotic depiction of Admiral Lord Nelson standing upon a French tricolour, in the background are a fleet of battle ships at anchor. The arch is painted with a harbour scene with shaped aperture revealing the rocking ship automata. The dial is pinned to the movement via an iron falseplate which is signed Kempson & Felton, Birmingham.

The boxwood strung case has a scroll pediment over freestanding reeded mahogany columns with brass Corinthian capitals flanking the glazed door with serpentine inner edge. The trunk has canted corners and a rectangular door over a square base with moulded and skirted plinth.

The serpentine edging to the hood door is a feature typical to Bristol made clocks of the late 18th century through to the early 19th century.

The corner decoration on the dial is clearly in a different hand from the centre and arch decoration. The centre image looks to be taken loosely from a painting by Lemuel Abbot (PAD4131) showing Nelson wearing the star and ribbon of the Order of the Bath (awarded 27 May 1797) and St. Vincent medal.

Mark Bartley & Dominic Eggert, both came from Hosskirch, Baden Wurtemburg in Germany and are recorded as working together at Nicholas Street, Bristol from 1810 to 1814, when Eggert emigrated to America where he worked for the Demilt company as a clock and chronometer maker. Mark Bartley remained in Bristol and is recorded as working from various addresses.