A BRASS AND STEEL GRASSHOPPER ESCAPEMENT MOVEMENT
Attributed to the West Dean Horological Workshop, Circa 1980
| Estimate: |
£100 - £200
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Hammer price:
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£320 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Under a rectangular perspex cover, the substantial brass plates of tapering inverted form, with plain turned pillars and blued steel dial plate with silvered seconds behind the escapement, above the hour aperture and a polished steel hand showing the minutes on a half sector, on a moulded wood base
The movement 34cm high; 48cm high overall
CONDITION REPORT
The clock is dirty and the brass discoloured with light rusting to the steel work. It does not function and requires cleaning.
