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A LATE REGENCY GILT-BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
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A LATE REGENCY GILT-BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE

ARNOLD & DENT, LONDON, NO. 303. CIRCA 1830

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A LATE REGENCY GILT-BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
ARNOLD & DENT, LONDON, NO. 303. CIRCA 1830
THE DIAL WITH DEEP FOLIATE ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS MASK TO THE WHITE ENAMEL ROMAN CHAPTER DISC SIGNED ARNOLD & DENT LONDON 303, BLUED STEEL MOON HANDS, THE MOVEMENT WITH SINGLE CHAIN FUSEE WITH HARRISON'S MAINTAINING POWER, FOUR FRONT-PINNED BALUSTER PILLARS, LARGE GILT PLATFORM WITH FLAT BLUED STEEL HAIRSPRING AND LARGE DIAMETER CUT BIMETALLIC COMPENSATED BALANCE WITH UNDERSLUNG ENGLISH LEVER ESCAPEMENT, BLUED STEEL POINTER TO THE LARGE BOWED CALIBRATED REGULATOR, THE BACKPLATE SIGNED ARNOLD & DENT LONDON 303., THE CASE FURTHER NUMBERED 338 AND WITH HEAVILY MOULDED BASE, HANDLE TO RECESSED CHAMFERED TOP WITH ESCAPEMENT VIEWING GLASS, THE REAR GLASS SLIDING DOWNWARDS AND HELD IN PLACE BY A SLIDE TO THE UNDERSIDE
7½ IN. (19 CM.) HIGH
Literature
HANS STAEGER, 100 YEARS OF PRECISION TIMEKEEPERS FROM JOHN ARNOLD TO ARNOLD & FRODSHAM, 1763-1862, GERMANY, 1997, PP.685-8
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Lot Essay

HANS STAEGER NOTES THAT THIS IS THE EARLIEST KNOWN ARNOLD & DENT CARRIAGE CLOCK. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMERALS (303 AND 338) IS NOT UNIQUE TO THIS CLOCK, DIFFERENCES ALSO APPEAR ON OTHER ARNOLD & DENT CLOCKS WITHIN THE SAME CONSTRUCTION SERIES.

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