Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
E. Howard & Co. Walnut No. 13 Regulator, Boston, c. 1875, with 12-in. painted iron Roman numeral dial marked E. Howard & Co., Boston, blued pierced diamond hands, eight-day brass movement with deadbeat escapement and maintaining power, powered by a cast iron weight and regulated by a four-jar mercury pendulum, case with turned bezel, round top glazed door opening, and black weight baffle, ht. 56 in.
Estimate $10,000-15,000
Geneva stop now gone. pendulum no. 2413/16
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Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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