A very rare engraved gilt brass miniature strut timepieceRetailed by M.F.Dent, numbered to the strut 29. Probably by Thomas Cole The rectangular case with rounded shoulders and fixed carrying loop on a shaped support, over engraved sides to concave-sided feet, set to the rear with a sprung strut numbered 29. The 1.5 inch silvered Roman dial with typical Cole blued-steel trefoil hands, surrounded by a pierced and engraved mask framing the signature M.F. DENT, 33 COCKSPUR ST. Wound, set and regulated through apertures in the solid rear cover, with nickel-finished watch type movement with cylinder escapement. 8cms (3ins) high.FootnotesM.F.Dent worked from 33 Cockspur Street between 1853 and 1858 and is known to have been a retailer of Thomas Cole's work, see Hawkins, J.B. (1975) Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking. Sydney: Macarthur Press.
A very rare engraved gilt brass miniature strut timepieceRetailed by M.F.Dent, numbered to the strut 29. Probably by Thomas Cole The rectangular case with rounded shoulders and fixed carrying loop on a shaped support, over engraved sides to concave-sided feet, set to the rear with a sprung strut numbered 29. The 1.5 inch silvered Roman dial with typical Cole blued-steel trefoil hands, surrounded by a pierced and engraved mask framing the signature M.F. DENT, 33 COCKSPUR ST. Wound, set and regulated through apertures in the solid rear cover, with nickel-finished watch type movement with cylinder escapement. 8cms (3ins) high.FootnotesM.F.Dent worked from 33 Cockspur Street between 1853 and 1858 and is known to have been a retailer of Thomas Cole's work, see Hawkins, J.B. (1975) Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking. Sydney: Macarthur Press.
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