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A Victorian brass skeleton timepiece, third quarter 19th century
With lyre-shaped openwork plates supported on four pillars, silvered Roman chapter ring signed DENT 33 & 34 COCKSPUR ST. CHARING CROSS LONDON, the single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement, with pendulum holdfast, on oval ebonised base with bun feet and under glass dome
30½in. (32cm.) high excluding dome
See Back Cover Illustration
With lyre-shaped openwork plates supported on four pillars, silvered Roman chapter ring signed DENT 33 & 34 COCKSPUR ST. CHARING CROSS LONDON, the single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement, with pendulum holdfast, on oval ebonised base with bun feet and under glass dome
30½in. (32cm.) high excluding dome
See Back Cover Illustration