$1,845
E. Howard & Co. Oak No. 86 Floor Regulator, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1890, the broad flat cornice with carved vines, dentil moldings, pilasters, and incised decoration, full-length glazed door over the 14-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial signed E. Howard & Co./Boston , seconds bit and blued-steel hands, eight-day, time-only movement with dead-beat escapement, maintaining power, rear hung gilt wooden rod and damascened pendulum bob, beat scale and brass-cased weight, all on a raised carved plinth, ht. 102 in. Note: The No. 86 Howard is shown in the catalogs as a wall model which appears to be an identical case as the Waterbury No. 7. Both were available in floor models, as the present example.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-01
