the small frame consisting of two halves; the upper section with skeletonised waisted plates united by four distinctive turned pillars, with 3 inch enamel Roman dial (hands and centre wheel lacking) and supporting the chain fusee and the main wheel train, the lower section with waisted horizontal plates united by four turned upright pillars with stylised acorn finials and ball feet housing a further set of plates united by another four turned and screwed pillars (of different design to those above) carrying the spring barrel, all mounted on the original velvet covered stand with mahogany veneer and bun feet, together with the original (damaged) glass dome, the chain fusee movement with a Massey type jewelled lever escapement with steel balance and diamond endstone set in a triple-screwed chaton, wound from the rear.

Footnotes

Provenance:
A direct descendant of Robert Roskell, watch and clockmaker 1798-1830.

Robert Roskell was the vendors great, great, great grandfather. Three horological items have been passed through the generations, a watch, a bracket clock and this small timepiece. Family tradition has it that this piece was personally made by Robert as part of his apprenticeship. There is much to support this - the frame is not a standard pattern of the time, and he has used different pillars for the three main sections of the clock - the upper, the lower and the barrel frame. The fusee too would have been made especially for the piece. The pinions, which are well finished and of a high count, demonstrate considerable skill.

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