Sold for:
$3,555
$3,555
No. 1 Regulator by E. Howard, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1860, cherry and birch swell bottom case with 12-in. dia. painted zinc dial with Roman numerals and marked Howard & Davis Boston. , reverse-painted glasses in red, gold and black enclosed within half round frames, trapezoidal-shaped eight-day timepiece movement stamped on front plate E. Howard & Co., Boston with dead-beat escapement, Geneva stop, maintaining power, cast iron weight cast "1", gilt wooden pendulum rod and damascened bob, ht. 50 in. Dial cleaned, slight touch up and relined, glasses repainted, lacking grain-painted finish.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
