Details
A Regency mahogany longcase regulator
the case with ripple-moulded cornice to the breakarch top, chamfered sides to the hood and trunk, the block plinth with quatrefoil panel, the silvered regulator dial signed F.T. DEPREE EXETER, the substantial six pillar movement with Graham type jewelled dead beat escapement, all wheels with six crossings, maintaining power, the giltwood rod pendulum suspended from the backplate and with fine adjustment to the crutch-piece and calibrated rating nut -- 81½in. (207cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 5)
the case with ripple-moulded cornice to the breakarch top, chamfered sides to the hood and trunk, the block plinth with quatrefoil panel, the silvered regulator dial signed F.T. DEPREE EXETER, the substantial six pillar movement with Graham type jewelled dead beat escapement, all wheels with six crossings, maintaining power, the giltwood rod pendulum suspended from the backplate and with fine adjustment to the crutch-piece and calibrated rating nut -- 81½in. (207cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 5)
Provenance
Geering & Colyer house sale, The Chaise House, Alfriston, E.Sussex, 19 December 1974, lot 195.