AN AUSTRIAN ROSEWOOD WALL REGULATOR TIMEPIECE OF ONE-MONTH DURATION Unsigned, probably Vienna, circa 1835 The four pillar single train eight-day movement with shallow arch top plates and deadbeat escapement incorporating tall inverted Y-shaped pallets regulated by brass lenticular bob pendulum with ebonised wooden shaft and incorporating fine beat adjustment to crutch, the two-piece white enamel Roman numeral dial with brass edged recessed centre, pierced steel hand and repeating scroll cast brass bezel, the boxwood-edged rosewood veneered case with later foliate scroll carved crest over canted cornice and gothic ogee-arch top full height glazed front door applied with leafy scroll corbels to both the top and bottom the curved front angles, the sides with slender glazed panels over inverted ogee outline foot with foliate pendant finials and terminating with later carved scrollwork to underside. 126cm (49.5ins) high, 33cm (13ins) wide, 14cm (5.5ins) deep. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy Collection.
AN AUSTRIAN ROSEWOOD WALL REGULATOR TIMEPIECE OF ONE-MONTH DURATION Unsigned, probably Vienna, circa 1835 The four pillar single train eight-day movement with shallow arch top plates and deadbeat escapement incorporating tall inverted Y-shaped pallets regulated by brass lenticular bob pendulum with ebonised wooden shaft and incorporating fine beat adjustment to crutch, the two-piece white enamel Roman numeral dial with brass edged recessed centre, pierced steel hand and repeating scroll cast brass bezel, the boxwood-edged rosewood veneered case with later foliate scroll carved crest over canted cornice and gothic ogee-arch top full height glazed front door applied with leafy scroll corbels to both the top and bottom the curved front angles, the sides with slender glazed panels over inverted ogee outline foot with foliate pendant finials and terminating with later carved scrollwork to underside. 126cm (49.5ins) high, 33cm (13ins) wide, 14cm (5.5ins) deep. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy Collection.
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