J. Weber Year Duration Floor Regulator

Description:

J. Weber Year Duration Floor Regulator, Vienna, c. 1875, dial marked J Weber, Wien, with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring and subsidiary seconds attached to the engraved brass dial plate, pierced, blued-steel hands, time-only movement with heavy brass plates, maintainig power, deadbeat escapement, and crutch beat adjustment, foliate engraved brass cased weight, pulley, and pendulum bob are nickel plated, all in an oak case with sarcophagus top, applied carvings, Corinthian capitals on engaged hood columns, glazed waist door all on bun feet, ht. 100 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Victor Kochaver, Beautiful Vienna Regulators of the 19th Century, p. 134.
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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