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Lot 118 A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SKELETON CLOCKS (LOTS 117-134)
A VICTORIAN BRASS AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED STRIKING EIGHT DAY SCOTT MEMORIAL SKELETON CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO EVANS, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM. CIRCA 1865
Closed17 March 2011
Price Realised
GBP 3,125
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
D. Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks, Woodbridge, 1987, pp. 61-63, figs.-20 and pp. 142-143, figs.-57a; F.B. Royer-Collard, Skeleton Clocks, London, 1969, pp. 38-40, figs. 3-2/3-5.
The first Evans Scott Memorial clock was produced for the Great Exhibition of 1851, with balance escapement. The popularity of its design ensured that many were made, with various movement types.
D. Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks, Woodbridge, 1987, pp. 61-63, figs.-20 and pp. 142-143, figs.-57a; F.B. Royer-Collard, Skeleton Clocks, London, 1969, pp. 38-40, figs. 3-2/3-5.
The first Evans Scott Memorial clock was produced for the Great Exhibition of 1851, with balance escapement. The popularity of its design ensured that many were made, with various movement types.