11-01-201411-01-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 1, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Thomas Swinnerton Lantern Clock

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$3,321$2,700
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2760MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 01, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Thomas Swinnerton Lantern Clock, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, c. 1690, brass case with strapped bell above, brass frets, engraved Roman numeral chapter ring with half-and quarter-hour markings, engraved dial plate marked Thomas Swinnerton Fecit, single steel hand, thirty-hour, time and count-wheel strike movement with recoil escapement, regulated by a long pendulum and powered by a single weight, ht. 14 in.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

No weight or pendulum. Back and side panels appear to be of a later period.


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Keywords

Newcastle, United Kingdom, Thomas Swinnerton Fecit, steel hand