A REGENCY MAHOGANY LONGCASE REGULATOR WITH YEAR CALENDAR
拍品 469 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOT 469)

A REGENCY MAHOGANY LONGCASE REGULATOR WITH YEAR CALENDAR

BY JOHN MILLER, BEDFORD, CIRCA 1820

已結束2011年10月20日

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY LONGCASE REGULATOR WITH YEAR CALENDAR
BY JOHN MILLER, BEDFORD, CIRCA 1820
The case with shallow-arched hood with paneled sides, the conforming shallow-arched trunk door with moulded edge, plinth with raised molded panel; the 12 in. wide engraved and silvered regulator dial with subsidiary minute ring above hour sector to the center, outer concentric year calendar showing the signs of the Zodiac, the shallow arch signed 'John Millar Bedford; the eight day movement with five ringed pillars, high count pinions and Harrison-type dead beat escapement; wood rod pendulum with substantial brass bob, with calibrated regulation nut and further fine adjustment via a calibrated brass sphere below, brass weight
79½ in. (202 cm.) high

Acquired from John Carlton-Smith, London, 1999.