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A SMALL, FULL-SIZED "PENDULOUS" OSCILLATING ENGINE,
Constructed and presented by E Jekyll Esq, late Grenadier Guards and father of the world famous English gardener Gertrude Jekyll,

22 September 2015, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £10,000 inc. premium

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A SMALL, FULL-SIZED "PENDULOUS" OSCILLATING ENGINE, Constructed and presented by E Jekyll Esq, late Grenadier Guards and father of the world famous English gardener Gertrude Jekyll,

The cylinder is 1.5" bore x 4.5" stroke, has a single D-section annular web and steam passage incorporated in the casting with a three-way slip valve chest, with the valve spindle cross-head driven by barrelled anchor links pivoted from the cylinder gudgeon bearings. Turned, tapered, decorated columns are supported from the cast iron bed on elegant cast bridges and the crankshaft runs in integrally cast plummer blocks with gunmetal lower and upper bearings. The crank is waisted and the shaft carries a central flywheel with cruciform spokes, fully machined faces and crown. (There would have been a pulley wheel)

Polished mahogany plinth and engraved maker's plate. 24 ins (61cm) high x 21 ins (53cm) long

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