$52,275
E. Howard & Company No. 61 Regulator, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1875-1885, carved walnut case with pitched pediment and central carved and turned finial, full-length glass door flanked by carved ornament, full-length glass sides, molded flat base with raised moldings enclosing decorative grained panels, 14-in. silvered brass, engraved dial marked E. Howard & Co./Boston, Mass. , the dial reading seconds at the top, hours below and minutes around the perimeter with original blued steel hands, the brass damascened movement marked E. Howard & Co./Boston with deadbeat escapement, jeweled pallets, maintaining power, Geneva stops and all mounted to a heavy iron bracket attached to the backboard, seconds beating, faceted glass vial and invar or lead temperature-compensating pendulum with painted wooden rod attached to iron backplate and beating against a highly figured walnut backboard, silvered beat scale, key and holder, all powered by a brass-cased weight, ht. 94 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-10-31
