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Details
An early Victorian mahogany longcase regulator, circa 1840
The case with arched top and on a stepped and panelled plinth, the glazed front door backed by a latched removable fretwork panel below the dial, the trunk baseboard with aperture and associated silvered beatscale inscribed GREENWICH TIME, the 12in. silvered dial of regulator format with outside minute ring and subsidiary seconds and Roman hour rings to the centre, signed Alex Marshall Glasgow, with blued steel hands, the substantial four pillar movement with shouldered and spot-finished plates, back-screwed pillars, with double carriage jewelled pallets to the deadbeat escapement, high count train, wheels secured to the collets and with six crossings, Harrison's maintaining power, with unusual stopwork operated by the gut line, the crutch with beat adjustment, with rise and fall regulation operated via a key through the top of the case (possibly later), with rear winding square and unused hand-setting arbor, the mercury pendulum with nickel-finish rod and with conforming finish to the weight -- 69½in. (177cm.) high
The case with arched top and on a stepped and panelled plinth, the glazed front door backed by a latched removable fretwork panel below the dial, the trunk baseboard with aperture and associated silvered beatscale inscribed GREENWICH TIME, the 12in. silvered dial of regulator format with outside minute ring and subsidiary seconds and Roman hour rings to the centre, signed Alex Marshall Glasgow, with blued steel hands, the substantial four pillar movement with shouldered and spot-finished plates, back-screwed pillars, with double carriage jewelled pallets to the deadbeat escapement, high count train, wheels secured to the collets and with six crossings, Harrison's maintaining power, with unusual stopwork operated by the gut line, the crutch with beat adjustment, with rise and fall regulation operated via a key through the top of the case (possibly later), with rear winding square and unused hand-setting arbor, the mercury pendulum with nickel-finish rod and with conforming finish to the weight -- 69½in. (177cm.) high
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
All lots sold not cleared by 1.00p.m. on the Thursday following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of:
Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services
Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road
London W12 7JS
Telephone: 44 (0)20 8753 3700
Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8753 3701
Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate on the Friday following the sale and every weekday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE TO PURCHASERS WHO COLLECT THEIR LOTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE.
On the Thursday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.
Further details
The next sale of Clocks and Barometers will take place on 13 December