Details
An English large mahogany dial timepiece, first quarter 19th century
The case with stepped thumb-nail mouldings and cast brass bezel to the white painted Roman convex dial (chapters repainted), with counter-balanced brass spade hands, falseplate stamped WALKER & HUGHES/BIRMINGHAM to the single wire fusee movement with rectangular plates and anchor escapement -- 17½in. (45cm.) diameter
See Front Cover Illustration
The case with stepped thumb-nail mouldings and cast brass bezel to the white painted Roman convex dial (chapters repainted), with counter-balanced brass spade hands, falseplate stamped WALKER & HUGHES/BIRMINGHAM to the single wire fusee movement with rectangular plates and anchor escapement -- 17½in. (45cm.) diameter
See Front Cover Illustration
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