James Stratton
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Lot 46
A fine and rare late 18th century mahogany table regulator Daniel Grover, Cliff, Lewes
22 June 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,462.50 inc. premium
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A fine and rare late 18th century mahogany table regulator
Daniel Grover, Cliff, Lewes
The drum shaped case surmounted by a bold brass ball finial and mounted to the sides with substantial carrying handles, the concave base reeded and carved with foliage to the front corners, the 9 inch one-piece silvered dial signed 'Danl. Grover, Cliff, Lewes' enclosed by a heavy cast brass locking bezel, with outer minute track framing the recessed subsidiaries for rise and fall regulation (marked in Arabic quarters) and Roman hours, with three matching blued steel hands and 'dummy' winding hole to the right hand side, the single chain fusee movement with tall shouldered plates united by four knopped pillars, with deadbeat escapement to a pendulum with heavy lenticular bob. 46cms (1ft 8ins) high
The drum shaped case surmounted by a bold brass ball finial and mounted to the sides with substantial carrying handles, the concave base reeded and carved with foliage to the front corners, the 9 inch one-piece silvered dial signed 'Danl. Grover, Cliff, Lewes' enclosed by a heavy cast brass locking bezel, with outer minute track framing the recessed subsidiaries for rise and fall regulation (marked in Arabic quarters) and Roman hours, with three matching blued steel hands and 'dummy' winding hole to the right hand side, the single chain fusee movement with tall shouldered plates united by four knopped pillars, with deadbeat escapement to a pendulum with heavy lenticular bob. 46cms (1ft 8ins) high
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Literature:
This clock is the subject of an extensive article by Brian Loomes in 'Clocks' Magazine Spring 2019.
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