MOLYNEUX, LONDON. CIRCA 1835

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A William IV mahogany and brass-mounted striking eight day longcase regulator
Molyneux, London. Circa 1835
The architectural hood with moulded edge and conforming frame to pierced and engraved brass sound fret, chamfered front angles and panelled sides, the trunk also with chamfered angles flanking a glazed door, above plinth with moulded frame to recessed panel, the 12 in. diameter silvered and engraved dial of regulator format, with STRIKE/SILENT lever at 60, signed Molyneux London, blued steel hands, the substantial twin train movement with five ringed pillars, Vulliamy-type dead beat escapement and Harrison's maintaining power, rack strike on large bell, the wood-rod pendulum with worm gear fine regulation above the lenticle bob; two brass-cased weights, crank key, case key
78 in. (199 cm.) high

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拍品专文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, English Precision Pendulum Clocks, Schiffer, 2003, pp.118-121.
A pupil of Thomas Earnshaw, Robert Molyneux set up in business on his own circa 1800, first as an escapement maker and then as a chronometer maker. In 1805 he was asked to judge Arnold's and Earnshaw's inventions. In 1832 Molyneux gained top prize of £200 at the Premium Trials established by the Board of Longitude to encourage makers to introduce improvements to chronometers. That year he moved to 30 Southampton Row, having been joined in business by his sons some two years earlier. Although the major part of his business involved the manufacture of chronometers and watches, Molyneux also advertised as an Astronomical Clockmaker (that is, a maker of regulators). Examples of these may be found in the Cambridge Observatory, the Royal Scottish Museum and the National Maritime Museum. See Roberts, op.cit.