05-01-201005-01-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 1, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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No. 1 Regulator by E. Howard

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$3,555$3,000
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.

Keywords

Davis Boston, E. Howard & Co., Massachusetts