£300 - £400
A VICTORIAN BRASS SKELETON TIMEPIECEUNSIGNED, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19th CENTURYThe thick scroll-pierced tapered plates united by six columnar double-screwed pillars enclosing a single chain fusee train with five-spoke wheel crossings, terminating with an anchor escapement regulated by heavy lenticular bob pendulum, the dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring and blued steel quatrefoil hands, the four integral pierced gothic feet set on canted-top pads, mounted on a substantial D-ended ogee moulded oak base incorporating a step to locate the glass dome cover.The timepiece 40cm (15.75ins) high, 24cm (9.5ins) wide, 11.5cm (4.5ins) deep; the stand and dome 53.5cm (21ins) high, 40.5cm (16ins) wide, 28cm (11ins) deep overall.
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