William Macready of Ryde (Isle of Wight); a Victorian mahoga...

Hammer

£2,400

William Macready of Ryde (Isle of Wight); a Victorian mahogany longcase regulator, with a silvered circular one-piece dial marked with typical three sub-dial configuration, indicating seconds, minutes and hours each with their own single hand, the "drum head" hood above a trunk with a narrow glazed door displaying a substantial pendulum and single brass cased weight; 31 cm diameter, 47 cm wide x 27 cm deep x 182 cm overall height William Macready is recorded as working as a clock and watchmaker at 153 High St, Ryde, Isle of Wight in an 1859 commercial and private directory, little else is known of this maker. A private collection