Clocks, Pocket Watches, Scientific Instruments & Tribal Art - Day 2 - 17th October 2012

Lot 718

A Victorian turret timepiece movement

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £780

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Description

A Victorian turret timepiece movement, by John Walker, dated 1864, with a deadbeat escapement and 5 wheel train, the barrel signed JOHN WALKER, 68 CORNHILL & 230 REGENT STREET, LONDON, A.D. 1864., within a green painted four pillar frame with vertical supports, 16in (40.5cm) w, with wood rod pendulum with cast iron bob, weight and hands, on a later frame. Together with Hamilton Ellis, The South Western Railway, 1962; two photographs showing the King and Queen's visit to Salisbury Railway Station, June 27th 1908. Provenance - Salisbury Railway Station.