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George Edward Frodsham is recorded at 31 Gracechurch St. 1864-1901.
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George Edward Frodsham, No. 6201, circa 1865
The silvered dial signed and numbered G.E. FRODSHAM 31 Gracechurch St. LONDON 6201, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement cut bimetallic balance, circular heat compensation weights, bright steel helical spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, gimballed in brass-bound three-tier mahogany box, the bottom section with inset bone roundel inscribed 6201, external brass drop handles
100 mm. dial diam., 178 mm. sq. box
George Edward Frodsham, No. 6201, circa 1865
The silvered dial signed and numbered G.E. FRODSHAM 31 Gracechurch St. LONDON 6201, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement cut bimetallic balance, circular heat compensation weights, bright steel helical spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, gimballed in brass-bound three-tier mahogany box, the bottom section with inset bone roundel inscribed 6201, external brass drop handles
100 mm. dial diam., 178 mm. sq. box