A Victorian brass skeleton timepiece
A Victorian brass skeleton timepiece, unsigned, third quarter of the 19th century, the eight-day single fusee movement with half-deadbeat escapement incorporating six-spoke escape wheel regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the pierced stepped architectural plates united by six turned pillars and with tall gable pediment flanked by spire finials applied with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with blued steel spade hands, mounted via disc feet onto an ovoid mahogany stand and with a glass dome cover, the clock 25.5cm (10ins) high; 35.5cm (12.75ins) high including stand and dome
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A Victorian brass skeleton timepiece, unsigned, third quarter of the 19th century, the eight-day single fusee movement with half-deadbeat escapement incorporating six-spoke escape wheel regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the pierced stepped architectural plates united by six turned pillars and with tall gable pediment flanked by spire finials applied with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with blued steel spade hands, mounted via disc feet onto an ovoid mahogany stand and with a glass dome cover, the clock 25.5cm (10ins) high; 35.5cm (12.75ins) high including stand and dome