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JAMES AITCHISON, EDINBURGH. CIRCA 1850
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A Victorian Scottish rosewood wall regulator
James Aitchison, Edinburgh. Circa 1850
The case of milestone form with glazed moulded rectangular door, glazed rectangular doors to the upper sides, thick moulded rosewood glazed bezel to the 11¼in. diameter silvered regulator dial signed Jas. Aitchison Edinburgh, blued steel hands, the movement with skeletonised plates, wheels with six crossings, deadbeat escapement, adjustable crutch, mercury jar pendulum suspended from a brass bracket secured to the backboard with calibrated silvered beat scale, the faux-painted rectangular lead weight with integral brass pulley
4ft.7in. (140cm.) high
James Aitchison, Edinburgh. Circa 1850
The case of milestone form with glazed moulded rectangular door, glazed rectangular doors to the upper sides, thick moulded rosewood glazed bezel to the 11¼in. diameter silvered regulator dial signed Jas. Aitchison Edinburgh, blued steel hands, the movement with skeletonised plates, wheels with six crossings, deadbeat escapement, adjustable crutch, mercury jar pendulum suspended from a brass bracket secured to the backboard with calibrated silvered beat scale, the faux-painted rectangular lead weight with integral brass pulley
4ft.7in. (140cm.) high
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