Furniture, Works of Art, Clocks, Pocket Watches & Scientific Instruments - 26th March 2013
Lot 153
Dent a mahogany wall regulator timepiece
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
Dent a mahogany wall regulator timepiece, 9½ inch circular white painted dial signed Dent, 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange London, no .56867, Clockmaker to the King, concentric minutes subsidiaries for seconds and 24 hours, the silvered bezel inscribed W. P. no. 13149, movement with dead beat escapement and maintaining power, wood rod pendulm with cylindrical bob and rating nut, in a substantial mahogany case 4ft 7in (140cm) high.