Skeleton clock is mounted in the upper part of vitrine with keel-shaped vaults, golden layouts and corner columns, glass lateral sides. The case bottom part is a pedestal with keel-shaped pattern, two compartments, on black color base with protruding feet. The case inner side is trimmed by lilac velvet. Glazed doors with handles are on the case front side. Silver ring dial with the engraved foliage ornament with semicircular petals along external edge, that correspond to minutes’ divisions, with Roman numerals for hours’ designation, two blued hands with quatrefoil. Clock regulator with the scale and letters “S” and “F” can be seen beneath the twelve o’clock mark. Three auxiliary scales with the hands for switching on/off the strike and musical movement at night, date and month indication and choosing the quarter hour chime melody are above the dial. Clockwork is mounted in the openwork skeleton, with pendulum, eight-day period winding, lever escapement, four spring engines, fusees, hour Cambridge or Oxford strike and quarter hour chime, full annual calendar. Musical movement consists of carillon with sixteen bells and twenty-one hammers, two gongs and pinned cylinder for seven melodies. Hour strike on the gong is accompanied by one of the seven melodies, that are changed at will or daily; the anthem “GREAT GOD WHAT DO I SEE & HEAR” falls on Sunday. Quarter chime is performed on carillon of eight bells and eight hammers or on four gongs.

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