Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2502Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 01, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
No. 1 Regulator by E. Howard, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1860, cherry and birch swell bottom case with 12-in. dia. painted zinc dial with Roman numerals and marked Howard & Davis Boston., reverse-painted glasses in red, gold and black enclosed within half round frames, trapezoidal-shaped eight-day timepiece movement stamped on front plate E. Howard & Co., Bostonwith dead-beat escapement, Geneva stop, maintaining power, cast iron weight cast "1", gilt wooden pendulum rod and damascened bob, ht. 50 in.
Estimate $6,000-8,000
Dial cleaned, slight touch up and relined, glasses repainted, lacking grain-painted finish.