A Victorian engraved gilt brass strut timepiece in the manner of Thomas Cole.

E. WHITE; CIRCA 1860

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A Victorian engraved gilt brass strut timepiece in the manner of Thomas Cole.
E. White; circa 1860
The case engraved with scrolling foliage on a hatched ground and with folding easel stand at the back, the foliate engraved silvered dial with Roman chapter ring having blued steel distaff hands, inner concentric calendar ring, subsidiary rings below for day of week and month flanking the signature E.White, 19 Jermyn St., S.W.1., the nickel plated swiss watch movement jewelled to the centre and with lever escapement; original foliate engraved and gilt calendar adjustment key.
6¾ in. (18 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

An identical clock is illustrated in J. B. Hawkins, Thomas Cole and Victorian Clockmaking, Sydney, 1975, p. 163, Item 59
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