Ship's Wheel Balance Skeleton Clock

Description:

Ship's Wheel Balance Skeleton Clock, probably England, c. 1900, silvered roman numeral chapter ring and seconds bit, blued-steel hands, time-only movement powered by two going barrels, and regulated by a ship's wheel balance with unusual floating chronometer escapement, all on an ebonized wood base, and under a glass dome, ht. 15 in.

Note: This clock is pictured on p. 133 of F.B. Royer-Collard's Skeleton Clocks.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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