Chinese Triple Fusee Animated Bracket Clock. 6 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals, fancy pierced gilt hands and sweep seconds hand, has a brass bezel and pierced brass corner spandrels. Quality brass spring driven triple fusee movement has a filigree engraved back plate, winding arbors in the rear, 3 fusee cones with chains powering the time, strike and animated mechanism, duplex escapement with large 1 3/8 in. balance wheel in running condition, strikes on the hour and also has a double bell quarter hour strike, striking 1, 2 3 & 4 double bells; after the hour strike, the animated mechanism is activated including an 8 nested bell strike as 13 spiral glass vertical rods and 2 horizontal rods rotate emulating falling rain and a row of ducks swimming right to left in the front, simultaneously with the rainfall animation, a pair of carved wood Chinese acrobat figures on a platform appearing from behind one door, rotate and disappear behind a second door as they dance and flip over crossbars. Timepiece and animated mechanisms are in working condition. In a carved teak wood bracket clock case having an arched bell form with bronze bezel around beveled front door glass, bronze filigree feet, mounts and corner trim, pierced gallery banister at the top wraps around a hexagonal Chinese pagoda with gilt bronze dragon mounts and fancy turned filigree; the pagoda has 3 glass panels exposing the animated acrobats, painted metal back panels and turned corner columns, the double door panel has stenciled highlights with roll-up cloth doors in good working condition. In beautiful condition, original finish, no missing or broken parts, no breaks or cracks in the wood, all mechanisms are functional, has original key. 30 in. high x 13.25 in. wide x 8.5 in. deep. 36 lbs.