Lot 82
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A George III small mahogany month duration longcase regulator
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A George III small mahogany month duration longcase regulator

BARTHOLOMEW DEVIS, LONDON. CIRCA 1800

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A George III small mahogany month duration longcase regulator
Bartholomew Devis, London. Circa 1800
The case with raised rectangular panel to the plinth supported on a double skirt, shallow-arched rectangular trunk door, the hood with conforming arch and fluted chamfered front angles, the 10 in. wide engraved and silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, cut steel hands and signed Bartholomew Devis/LONDON to the shallow arch, the single train movement with five baluster pillars, fine wheel work with high count train, bolt and shutter maintaining power and Vulliamy-type dead beat escapement; steel rod pendulum with engraved calibrated rating nut below the brass cased bob, brass cased weight, crank winding key, case key
77 in. (195 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, English Precision Pendulum Clocks, Pennsylvania, 2003
Bartholomew Devis is recorded in Preston, Lancashire, in 1783 and presumably moved to London subsequently. The case style, with its shallow arches to the hood and trunk door, reflected in the dial, shows the influence of regulators made by William Dutton. See, for example, Roberts, op. cit., pp.18-19 and a small regulator by William Dutton and Sons sold Christie's London, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers, 5 July 2006, lot 127.

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