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An exceptional dated mid 19th century mahogany regulator Charles Frodsham, 84, Strand, London. Clock Maker to the Queen. Further signed for the original owner, M. F. BONZANO, 1855
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11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £27,562.50 inc. premium
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An exceptional dated mid 19th century mahogany regulator
Charles Frodsham, 84, Strand, London. Clock Maker to the Queen. Further signed for the original owner, M. F. BONZANO, 1855
The tall rectangular case displaying fine flame mahogany veneers all over, with shallow concave cornice and throat mouldings over an otherwise straight sided trunk raised on a tall panel base, the trunk set with a long glazed door (locking with two locks) revealing the vibrant flame veneered interior and mercury compensating pendulum reading against an engraved beat scale, the 12 inch signed silvered circular dial with outer Arabic minute track enclosing the subsidiaries for running seconds (with Observatory Marks) and hours each with finely finished blued steel hands, the hour with pierced tip, framed by an angled sight ring, signed across the centre CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 STRAND, LONDON, Clock Maker, to the Queen, and further signed for the original owner below VI M.F.BONZANO, AD 1855, the massive movement protected from dust ingress by a sliding wooden dust cover, the substantial plates secured to the seatboard with three heavy brass L-shaped brackets screwed from below, and united by five heavy turned pillars screwed through the frontplate, with Harrison's maintaining power to a wheel train of six crossings, each arbor with mirror-polished high count pinions (up to sixteen teeth), the 'scape wheel collet triple screwed and mounted on an arbor running in jewelled chatons, the heavy mercury jar pendulum with T-bar suspension from a substantial bracket mounted on the backplate, the crutch has a sliding vernier beat adjustment. Ticking.
1.87m (6ft 2ins) high.
The tall rectangular case displaying fine flame mahogany veneers all over, with shallow concave cornice and throat mouldings over an otherwise straight sided trunk raised on a tall panel base, the trunk set with a long glazed door (locking with two locks) revealing the vibrant flame veneered interior and mercury compensating pendulum reading against an engraved beat scale, the 12 inch signed silvered circular dial with outer Arabic minute track enclosing the subsidiaries for running seconds (with Observatory Marks) and hours each with finely finished blued steel hands, the hour with pierced tip, framed by an angled sight ring, signed across the centre CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 STRAND, LONDON, Clock Maker, to the Queen, and further signed for the original owner below VI M.F.BONZANO, AD 1855, the massive movement protected from dust ingress by a sliding wooden dust cover, the substantial plates secured to the seatboard with three heavy brass L-shaped brackets screwed from below, and united by five heavy turned pillars screwed through the frontplate, with Harrison's maintaining power to a wheel train of six crossings, each arbor with mirror-polished high count pinions (up to sixteen teeth), the 'scape wheel collet triple screwed and mounted on an arbor running in jewelled chatons, the heavy mercury jar pendulum with T-bar suspension from a substantial bracket mounted on the backplate, the crutch has a sliding vernier beat adjustment. Ticking.
1.87m (6ft 2ins) high.
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Please note that this regulator is numbered 905 in the centre of the name dial.