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A very fine and extremely rare mid 19th century coromandel table regulator Thomas Cole No. 1594, retailed by Thomas Boxell, Brighton, number 1056
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £62,500 inc. premium
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A very fine and extremely rare mid 19th century coromandel table regulator
Thomas Cole No. 1594, retailed by Thomas Boxell, Brighton, number 1056
The case of stylised semi-circular cross-section surmounted by a seated gilt brass sphinx on a brass base and shaped caddy on a further brass plate over the canted front angles set with winged male mounts on stepped plinths with inlaid decoration, the arched glazed door with interior dust moulding and gilt brass bezel framing the signed and engraved Roman dial with minute track and subsidiary seconds dial over three engraved bosses centred by flower heads within strapwork designs, with blued steel quartrefoil hands and very fine seconds hand, the single barrel movement wound from the front on a dependent apron below VI, with split plates united by eight screwed pillars, the barrel-plate signed and numbered twice, the wheels of five crossings throughout and deadbeat escapement to the brass-rod pendulum terminating in a silvered spherical bob set on a T-bar suspension from a bracket to the interior of the case 44cms (17ins) high.
The case of stylised semi-circular cross-section surmounted by a seated gilt brass sphinx on a brass base and shaped caddy on a further brass plate over the canted front angles set with winged male mounts on stepped plinths with inlaid decoration, the arched glazed door with interior dust moulding and gilt brass bezel framing the signed and engraved Roman dial with minute track and subsidiary seconds dial over three engraved bosses centred by flower heads within strapwork designs, with blued steel quartrefoil hands and very fine seconds hand, the single barrel movement wound from the front on a dependent apron below VI, with split plates united by eight screwed pillars, the barrel-plate signed and numbered twice, the wheels of five crossings throughout and deadbeat escapement to the brass-rod pendulum terminating in a silvered spherical bob set on a T-bar suspension from a bracket to the interior of the case 44cms (17ins) high.
Footnotes
This clock is related to the front cover clock of Hawkins 'Thomas Cole and Victorian Clockmaking', Sydney 1975. Our research suggests that there are only two such table regulators in existence.