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31696C.R
ROBERT
MOLYNEUX, LONDON.
A
MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE REGULATOR
OF
THE HIGHEST QUALITY. CIRCA
1830.
The
elegant mahogany case has a flat top and the sides of the hood flow into
the trunk with both having canted corners to the front edge.
It has a fully glazed trunk door and the base has a recessed panel
and stands on a single plinth. Fine
flame mahogany veneer is used throughout especially on the backboard, and
the panelled base.
The
silvered brass round engraved dial is of typical observatory layout with
Arabic numerals used for minute and seconds dial and Roman for the hours.
It is signed ‘Molyneux, London.’
The seconds and hour hand are counter balanced and it has a slender
minute hand, all of blued steel.
The eight day movement has tall thick plates with five beautifully turned
pillars. It has deadbeat
escapement, Harrison’s maintaining power and fine wheel work.
Unusually they have four delicate crossings, as does the weight
pulley. The long crutch
has fine beat adjustment above the plates with two knurled turn screws.
The movement is secured to its seatboard by three substantial
brackets. It has a glass
jar mercury pendulum and an engraved and silvered beat plate, which is
fitted to the backboard.
The brass covered weight falls slightly to one side through the veneered
base board.
Height:
5' 11¼" (181 cm.)
Price
band: E click here.
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