Lot Essay
Litherland Davies & co are recorded in Liverpool at the following addresses 1816, 47 Brownlow Hill, 1822, 70 Church Street, 1832-1877, Bold Street.
LITHERLAND DAVIES & CO., NO. 610/14693, CIRCA 1837
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A William IV two-day marine chronometer
Litherland Davies & Co., No. 610/14693, circa 1837
The silvered dial signed and numbered Litherland Davies & Co. LIVERPOOL 610/14963, Roman hour numerals, Arabic five minute intermarkers 60-5-10 et seque, gold Breguet hour, minute, second and up-and-down hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, the inside of the bottom inscribed LITHERLAND DAVIES & CO. LIVERPOOL 610, gimballed in three-tier brass bound mahogany box with flush recessed handles, the middle section and top lid possibly later
90 mm. dial diam., 142 mm. sq. box
Litherland Davies & Co., No. 610/14693, circa 1837
The silvered dial signed and numbered Litherland Davies & Co. LIVERPOOL 610/14963, Roman hour numerals, Arabic five minute intermarkers 60-5-10 et seque, gold Breguet hour, minute, second and up-and-down hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, the inside of the bottom inscribed LITHERLAND DAVIES & CO. LIVERPOOL 610, gimballed in three-tier brass bound mahogany box with flush recessed handles, the middle section and top lid possibly later
90 mm. dial diam., 142 mm. sq. box