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Gothic Walnut Astronomical Floor Regulator

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$2,500$2,000
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 3475TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 19, 2020 12:00PM

Description:

Gothic Walnut Astronomical Floor Regulator, gothic walnut veneer case with lancet-top hood and three pyramidal finials over the glazed round brass dial door, glazed gothic waist door flanked by chamfered corners, and the base with a pair of inset gothic panels, all on a separate bracket base, 18-in. silvered astronomical dial, three blued-steel hands, heavy brass time-only movement with jeweled deadbeat faces, maintaining power, brass dust covers, and a silvered beat scale, powered by a single brass-cased weight, (lacking pendulum),ht. 112 in.

Provenance: Norfolk Southern Railway.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Lacking pendulum, dial rivets are missing, small dents in dial, minute and hour hand arbors appear to be bent, minute hand is broken.


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Keywords

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY