$14,400
J. W. Benson Astronomical Regulator, London, No. 9076, c. 1880, walnut round-top case with glazed door and carved fret masking the 12-1/2 in. silvered brass dial engraved J. W. Benson, London, By Special Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen , outer Arabic minutes, seconds dial in the upper quadrant and hours below all with blued steel hands, eight-day damascened plate movement with rear plate engraved F. W. Benson, London, 9076 , jeweled train through the pallets, dead-beat escapement, maintaining power, brass pulley, nickel-cased mercury temperature-compensated pendulum with regulating scale calibrated 0-180, silvered beat scale, brass-cased weight and original winding key, ht. 75 in. Note: This lot is accompanied by a 1875 first edition copy of Time and Time Tellers by J. W. Benson.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-02
