A Regency figured mahogany fusee drop-dial wall

A Regency figured mahogany fusee drop-dial wall timepiece with eleven inch dial Signed for Parkinson and Frodsham, London, circa 1825 The four pillar single fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and bottle-shaped plates, the 11 inch cream painted convex Roman numeral dial inscribed Parkinson & Frodsham, Change Alley, LONDON to centre and with blued steel hands within hinged cast brass glazed bezel and moulded turned wooden surround, the box case with side doors above drop-trunk fronted with inlaid ebonised line border flanked by shaped ears, the curved base with pendulum access flap, 56cm (22ins) high. The partnership between William Parkinson and William James Frodsham is recorded in Mercer, Vaudrey THE FRODSHAMS, THE STORY OF A FAMILY OF Chronometer Makers as being established in 1801 and worked from 4 Change Alley, Cornhill. They were primarily involved with the manufacture of marine chronometers and supplied timepieces to the Admiralty including examples used on various expeditions by Captains Ross, Parry, Sabine, King, Lyon and Foster between 1818 and 1828. The partnership continued under its founders until the retirement of William James Frodsham in 1830. William Parkinson subsequently died in around 1842 leaving the business to be continued by their successors.