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CIRCA 1820
Details
A rare Restauration burr-walnut long-duration longcase regulator with rhomboidal pendulum
Circa 1820
The architectural case with stepped top with dentil and beaded mouldings, with conforming mouldings to the stepped plinth and bead-and-reel mouldings to the glazed front door, doors to front and right side released by hidden spring catches, with ormolu milled and reeded bezel to a glass dial with painted gilt Roman chapters, with subsidiary up/down ring calibrated to 100 days and subsidiary seconds ring, gilt Breguet hands, the skeletonized movement supported on projecting pillars from a brass back plate, powered by a rectangular lead weight sliding down behind the backboard, the in line train mounted on a single bar, wheels with five spiral crossings, pinwheel escapement with substantial steel and brass rhomboidal pendulum with single zinc cross-bar; crank key, door release pin
85 in. (214 cm.) high
Circa 1820
The architectural case with stepped top with dentil and beaded mouldings, with conforming mouldings to the stepped plinth and bead-and-reel mouldings to the glazed front door, doors to front and right side released by hidden spring catches, with ormolu milled and reeded bezel to a glass dial with painted gilt Roman chapters, with subsidiary up/down ring calibrated to 100 days and subsidiary seconds ring, gilt Breguet hands, the skeletonized movement supported on projecting pillars from a brass back plate, powered by a rectangular lead weight sliding down behind the backboard, the in line train mounted on a single bar, wheels with five spiral crossings, pinwheel escapement with substantial steel and brass rhomboidal pendulum with single zinc cross-bar; crank key, door release pin
85 in. (214 cm.) high
Literature
Illustrated, Derek Roberts, Precision Pendulum Clocks, The Quest for Accurate Timekeeping, Schiffer, 2003, pp.93-95.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.