1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: Charles Brutton
96. BRUTTON, CHARLES, Exeter — Proprietor.
A clock, in a case, which occupied thirty-four years in its completion. The movements are as follow:— moving panorama of Day and Night; Day represented by Apollo in his car drawn by four coursers, accompanied by the twelve Hours; and Diana in her car, drawn by stags, attended by the twelve Hours, representing Night. Two figures which salute each other, as the panorama revolves, and the bells are ringing. Perpetual almanack, showing the day of the month on a semicircular plate, and the equation of time, regulated only once in 130 years. Circle, the index of which shows the day of the week, with its appropriate planet. Circle showing the leap-year, the index revolving only once in four years. The sun in his course, with the correct time of rising and setting by a horizon receding or advancing as the days shorten or lengthen; and the moon, showing her different quarters, age, etc. Two female figures, one on each side of the dial-plate, representing Fame and Terpsichore, which move in time when the organ plays. Movement regulating the clock as a repeater. Saturn, the god of time, who beats in movement when the organ plays. Circle on the face, showing the tunes played by the organ every four hours. Belfry, with six ringers. Bird organ, which plays when required. This clock is shown in the annexed Plate 33. It was made by Jacob Loudan.