Lot 80TP
A fine early 19th century floorstanding regulator of one month duration, with ten inch dial and five-bar gridiron pendulum James Hatton, London
16 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,475 inc. premium
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A fine early 19th century floorstanding regulator of one month duration, with ten inch dial and five-bar gridiron pendulum
James Hatton, London
The arched hood with canted stop-fluted front angles and inlaid quadrants over a long arched glass panel framed by an intricately moulded door and matching canted angles, on a base with moulded panel and (later) double plinth, the ten inch one-piece silvered circular dial with outer Arabic minute track enclosing the large subsidiary dials for running seconds (marked in Arabic fives) and hours (marked in Roman numerals), with original blued steel hands, latched to the massive weight driven movement by four heavy dial feet, the shouldered and footed plates united by six distinctive tapering vase-shaped pillars, further strengthened by a heavy brass bracket bridging the top of the plates, the movement with Harrisons maintaining power to the five wheel train, each arbor running in endstops, each wheel of six crossings driving high-count pinions, terminating in a delicate 'scape wheel, the five-bar gridiron pendulum suspended from the brass bridge and terminating in a very heavy lenticular brass bob with engraved rating nut and reading against a silvered beat scale mounted to the backboard. Ticking. Together with the original (?) brass weight, door key and custom made steel crank winder.
193cms (6ft 4ins)
The arched hood with canted stop-fluted front angles and inlaid quadrants over a long arched glass panel framed by an intricately moulded door and matching canted angles, on a base with moulded panel and (later) double plinth, the ten inch one-piece silvered circular dial with outer Arabic minute track enclosing the large subsidiary dials for running seconds (marked in Arabic fives) and hours (marked in Roman numerals), with original blued steel hands, latched to the massive weight driven movement by four heavy dial feet, the shouldered and footed plates united by six distinctive tapering vase-shaped pillars, further strengthened by a heavy brass bracket bridging the top of the plates, the movement with Harrisons maintaining power to the five wheel train, each arbor running in endstops, each wheel of six crossings driving high-count pinions, terminating in a delicate 'scape wheel, the five-bar gridiron pendulum suspended from the brass bridge and terminating in a very heavy lenticular brass bob with engraved rating nut and reading against a silvered beat scale mounted to the backboard. Ticking. Together with the original (?) brass weight, door key and custom made steel crank winder.
193cms (6ft 4ins)
Footnotes
James Hatton is best known as a maker of fine chronometers, but also made and sold longcase clocks under his own name; he was Chronometer maker to the Honourable East India Company, based at 4, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London, from circa 1799-1812. He was apprenticed to George Margetts and Tony Mercer lists a partnership with his former Master 'Margetts & Hatton' operating 1805-1811. The current clock displays the best of early 19th century London work, from the proportions of the case, to the quality of the engraving, the design and execution of the pendulum, and of course, the exceptional workmanship throughout the movement itself.
Provenance: Single family ownership for 58 years. A label applied to the inside of the hood states "Bought from T.D Tacey, North Quay, Douglas, 27th April 1962. Price £45.00."
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