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A rare mid-19th century English gilt brass strut timepiece with manual calendar Thomas Cole, un-numbered, signed for the retailers Hunt & Roskell, London 2
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,812.50 inc. premium
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A rare mid-19th century English gilt brass strut timepiece with manual calendar
Thomas Cole, un-numbered, signed for the retailers Hunt & Roskell, London
The rectangular case surmounted by a hinged oval loop engraved with flowers and foliage between twin shaped shoulders, over engraved sides and a rotating strut to the underside, further mounted with a sprung strut to the rear, the highly engraved bezel framing a pierced inner sight ring, the 2.75 inch signed and silvered engraved Roman dial with blued-steel fleur-de-Lys hands set above a manually adjusted monthly calendar with rotating 'day' cylinder, all within a mask of engraved flowers and foliage, the signed, single-train spring-barrel movement with rectangular plates, with frosted gilt platform escapement with jewelled English lever escapement with plain mono-metallic balance. Ticking, together with a custom-made silk and velvet lined presentation case. 16cm (6ins) high (2)
The rectangular case surmounted by a hinged oval loop engraved with flowers and foliage between twin shaped shoulders, over engraved sides and a rotating strut to the underside, further mounted with a sprung strut to the rear, the highly engraved bezel framing a pierced inner sight ring, the 2.75 inch signed and silvered engraved Roman dial with blued-steel fleur-de-Lys hands set above a manually adjusted monthly calendar with rotating 'day' cylinder, all within a mask of engraved flowers and foliage, the signed, single-train spring-barrel movement with rectangular plates, with frosted gilt platform escapement with jewelled English lever escapement with plain mono-metallic balance. Ticking, together with a custom-made silk and velvet lined presentation case. 16cm (6ins) high (2)
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Literature:
This clock is illustrated in Hawkins, J.B. (1975) Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking. Sydney: Macarthur Press Pty; pp.49-49 (item 2). Hawkins suggests that this clock was made by Cole circa 1845, before he began his numbering. He notes that the rear covers of these pre-numbered clocks are particularly fine and intricate - the rear cover on this lot, for instance, carries 23 screws in all.