$6,814
Clock Wheel Cutting Engine by Charles Lunan, Aberdeen, Scotland, dated 1792, brass four-legged frame for bench attachment, 12-in. dia. dividing plate with twenty-six rows of divisions including an outer ring of 360, steel index arm, main supporting plate engraved Chas. Lunan Aberdeen 1792 and a recessed casting mark W Lunan , cutter frame with belt drive arbor positioned by large brass wing nut adjustment screws and an additional box of aproximately twelve flycutters, lg. 20 in. This engine is illustrated and discussed in Crom #2, p. 647. No significant repairs, replacements or restoration. Presently fitted with a steel fly-cutte, machine has had good care and remains in a mellow old brass surface, original wing nuts, fittings and signature. A very nice example of an 18th century wheel-cutting engine.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
