CIRCA 1850

Details

A Victorian three-train quarter-chiming skeleton clock
Circa 1850
The open scroll frame with six robust pillars, triple chain fusees, the going train with anchor escapement, hour train with circular section steel gong to the rear of the clock with brass gong block engraved conversion by Norris, Notting Hill, London, the quarter train chiming on eight bells via eight hammers and pin barrel, the centre left pillar with an unusual rolling sleeve to allow the fusee chain to run, blued steel caps to the pillars and barrel clicks, the wheels with five crossings, the scroll frame resting on concave moulded brass plinths, and on a further ebonised wood oval base; associated glass dome
26 in. (66 cm.) high

Literature

Roberts (Derek), British Skeleton Clocks, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987, pp. 218 & 9, illustrated figs. 6/6a & b

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

ALBERT ODMARK NOTES
Purchased from C. Allix, September 12, 1966.

Derek Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks:
The six pillar movement has five spoke wheelwork throughout the train and a conventional pendulum. The left hand pillar immediately beneath the chapter ring has a loose bush surrounding it which acts as a roller for the fusee chain thus reducing friction and preventing it rubbing the pillar when it is coming of the small end of the fusee. The only alternative would have been to remove the pillar which would have destroyed the symmetry of the layout. On the gong-block is inscribed 'Conversion by Nome, Notting Hill, London' but little would seem to have been altered on the clock since its manufacture.

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