AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN BRASS STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
Retailed by S & J Tutin, Nottingham, circa 1855
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
The well pierced frame surmounted by three tapering spires, six screwed tapering pillars, pierced silvered dial with blued steel hands, signed on a silvered ribbon below the VI, with twin chain fusée movement and anchor escapement, on ebonised plinth under a glass oval dome
The clock 38cm high
On its ebonised base and glass dome 44cm high overall
S & J. Tuttin are recorded working in Nottingham in 1855.
CONDITION REPORT
The pendulum is associated. With a steel winding key. The movement requires a clean. There is a repair to the pallet cock at the back. The central spire has been repaired at the base. The top of the central A joint is repaired. The plinth may be associated. The dome is intact, in good condition.
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