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Lot 124 A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SKELETON CLOCKS (LOTS 117-134)
A VICTORIAN BRASS EIGHT DAY TIMEPIECE SKELETON CLOCK WITH PIVOTED DETENT ESCAPEMENT
ATTRIBUTED TO EVANS, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM. CIRCA 1865
Closed17 March 2011
Price Realised
GBP 2,500
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
D. Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks, Woodbridge, 1987, pp. 149-151, figs.a, b; F.B. Royer-Collard, Skeleton Clocks, London, 1969, p. 29, fig. 2-15, 16. Evans is thought to have introduced his detented escapement c.1860. The majority of these clocks were timepieces with shield-shaped chapters, as with the present example.
D. Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks, Woodbridge, 1987, pp. 149-151, figs.a, b; F.B. Royer-Collard, Skeleton Clocks, London, 1969, p. 29, fig. 2-15, 16. Evans is thought to have introduced his detented escapement c.1860. The majority of these clocks were timepieces with shield-shaped chapters, as with the present example.