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A George III mahogany month-going longcase regualtor
THOMAS MUDGE & WILLIAM DUTTON, LONDON; CIRCA 1770
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A George III mahogany month-going longcase regualtor
Thomas Mudge & William Dutton, London; circa 1770
The case with raised rectangular panel to the double skirted plinth, rectangluar trunk door (later lock), the hood with recessed side panels and typical concave moulded door (later moulded top), the 26 cm sq. silvered engraved regulator dial signed Thomas Mudge & William Dutton, London, typical dial layout with finely sculpted blued steel hands, calendar aperture above 30, the movement with thick shouldered plates secured by six robust pillars, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, deadbeat escapement with later? steelrod pendulum with original massive brass bob terminating in a calibrated rating nut swinging before a silvered beat scale, rectangular brass-cased weight; the case with alterations
6ft. (184 cm.) high
Thomas Mudge & William Dutton, London; circa 1770
The case with raised rectangular panel to the double skirted plinth, rectangluar trunk door (later lock), the hood with recessed side panels and typical concave moulded door (later moulded top), the 26 cm sq. silvered engraved regulator dial signed Thomas Mudge & William Dutton, London, typical dial layout with finely sculpted blued steel hands, calendar aperture above 30, the movement with thick shouldered plates secured by six robust pillars, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, deadbeat escapement with later? steelrod pendulum with original massive brass bob terminating in a calibrated rating nut swinging before a silvered beat scale, rectangular brass-cased weight; the case with alterations
6ft. (184 cm.) high