Lot Essay
The inscription reads: Presented to/MR S.A. HAYMAN,/BY THE TEACHERS OF /Ebenezer Sunday School/AS A SMALL TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND/APPRECIATION OF HIS VALUABLE SERVICES/AS SUPERINTENDENT, Dec.r 30th 1861.
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CIRCA 1860
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A Victorian brass scroll frame skeleton timepiece
Circa 1860
On carved mahogany plinth mounted with a silver presentation plaque, the gilt-brass chapter ring with engraved numerals, the eight day single chain fusee movement with Vulliamy-type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets, wheels with six crossings; under associated glass dome; steel rod pendulum with adjustment screws to the crutchpiece and cylindrical brass bob, winding key
13½ in. (34 cm.) high excluding dome
Circa 1860
On carved mahogany plinth mounted with a silver presentation plaque, the gilt-brass chapter ring with engraved numerals, the eight day single chain fusee movement with Vulliamy-type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets, wheels with six crossings; under associated glass dome; steel rod pendulum with adjustment screws to the crutchpiece and cylindrical brass bob, winding key
13½ in. (34 cm.) high excluding dome