unknown, English.

c.1850 Long-Running English Skeleton Timepiece.

A rare and unusual mid-19th century long-running English skeleton clock. The high quality skeletonized fusee movement has extremely thick plates, six massive screwed pillars, four-spoke wheelwork with extra long collets and an extremely large 4.25 in. diameter spring barre with a correspondingly large fusee. Mounted on top is a large lever balance platform with a split bimetallic balance wheel, a flat balance spring and a fast slow toward the front. The silver engraved chapter ring dial has Roman numerals for the hours, a minute ring, turned posts and steel cut hands.

The movement, as stated in the literature, is designed to run 120 days, but unfortunately we are not nearly courageous enough to wind it up completely and will leave any practical testing to the discretion of the new owner.

This exact clock is pictured in Derek Robert’s book ‘British Skeleton Clocks’, pgs. 250-251.

The whole sits under a dome with an ebonized base.

Height of Clock – 13.5 in.