Sold for:
$14,760
$14,760
Howard & Davis No. 1 Regulator, .Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1860, the rosewood-grained case with turned wooden bezel over the 12 1/2-in. painted iron Roman numeral dial signed Howard & Davis/Boston with seconds bit, hinged waist and base doors with half-round moldings frame the black and gold reverse-painted glasses, the lower opens to the weight baffle and tie-down, eight-day trapezoidal shaped movement with dead-beat escapement, stepped train, top-mounted regulating assembly all powered by an iron weight and regulated by a gilt wooden pendulum rod and damascened brass-faced bob, ht. 50 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-03
