CHARLES FRODSHAM, NO. 1447, CIRCA 1845
Details
A Victorian two-day marine chronometer
Charles Frodsham, No. 1447, circa 1845
The silvered dial signed CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 Strand, LONDON, No. 1447, Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, blued steel hands (lacking minute hand), convex glass, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance, palladium helical balance spring (both balance and spring possibly replacements), dovetail detent (repaired) with steel locking pallet, brass bowl and gimbal, plain three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with inset bone disc inscribed 1447, inside the top lid printed details of Frodsham balances, external brass drop handles
93 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
Charles Frodsham, No. 1447, circa 1845
The silvered dial signed CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 Strand, LONDON, No. 1447, Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, blued steel hands (lacking minute hand), convex glass, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance, palladium helical balance spring (both balance and spring possibly replacements), dovetail detent (repaired) with steel locking pallet, brass bowl and gimbal, plain three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with inset bone disc inscribed 1447, inside the top lid printed details of Frodsham balances, external brass drop handles
93 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
Literature
Vaudrey Mercer, The Frodshams, A.H.S., 1981, page 78 states: "it is difficult to believe that Charles [Frodsham] made over 1,700 marine chronometers prior to 1843. It seems likely that his numbering commenced at 1,000 or possibly, since the lowest number of this series that has come to light is No. 1447."