Sold for:
$1,659
$1,659
Brass Wheel Cutting Engine, possibly England, 19th century, free-standing tool on its original wood base, the brass frame supports a 10 3/4 in. dividing plate with twenty-five division rows numbered from 27-365, two pivoted indexing arms, knurled thumbscrew fasteners, spring-loaded and pivoting cutter frame, lg. 20 1/4, ht. with base 13 3/4 in., together with three brass dividing wheels together with a box of cutters and arbors. Crom reports that this tool, despite its similarity in form to horological wheel-cutting engines, is likely not built specifically for horological use, but rather for the layout or cutting of scientific instrument parts.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
