J.R. LOSADA, NO.5290. CIRCA 1850

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A Victorian gilt-brass striking carriage clock
J.R. Losada, No.5290. Circa 1850
The case with typical reeded handle and repeat button to the top with large bevelled glass escapement viewing aperture, bevelled glasses to the sides and front, the gilt-brass rear door with shuttered winding and hand-set holes with engraved directions, the dial engraved overall with fine tight floral and foliate engraving, painted Roman chapter ring with blued steel fleur-de-lys hands, signed and indisctinctly numbered J.R. LOSADA 105 REGENT STREET LONDON within a foliate reserve, the movement with five front-pinned pillars, twin chain fusees with maintaining power to the going, the gilt platform with large cut bimetallic compensated balance with flat blued steel hairspring to lever escapement, strike/repeat on a circular section gong on the backplate further signed J.R. Losada 105 Regent St. London 5290; case re-gilt
16¼in. (16cm.) high

Literature

Derek Roberts Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Schiffer, 1993, p.339, fig.23-15.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

An eminent chronometer maker, José Losada came to London from Spain in 1839. In 1840 he gained an order from the Spanish government for 38 chronometers.
The design of the present carriage clock bears very close resemblance to examples by Losada's contemporary, James McCabe. See Derek Roberts op.cit., pp.289-302.

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