A RARE AND UNUSUAL ENGRAVED GILTBRASS STRUT TIMEPIECE
By Edward Winter Robins, London, 28 Queens Road, Bayswater, No 2878, circa 1860, in the style of Thomas Cole
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£1,000 - £1,500
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Hammer price:
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£1,200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Of shaped outline and engraved allover with foliage, signed silvered dial and blued steel spade hands with German Gothic chapters, the movement stamped 2878 with a lever escapement and plain steel three armed balance, the case stamped variously 2878, the with a small engraved circular hinged door to access the balance above a winding aperture for the square
20cm high
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
John B. Hawkins, Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking, Sydney, 1975, see pages 29 and 168 for further information about Robins and his oeuvre in relation to Cole's.
Condition report
Overall in very good condition. The movement ticks for a while but requires a service. There is no key.
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