Strut Clock” English

“Strut Clock” English, in the manner of Thomas Cole. Made circa 1860. Fine and rare, oval, 8 day-going strut clock. To be Sold Without Reserve Oval, gilt brass, flower engraved and beaded border, pierced and engraved flower and scroll surround, hinged strut. Oval, silvered, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds below 12, flower engraved center and outer border. Blued steel “Breguet” hands. Oval, brass plates, four pillars with blued steel screws, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dim. Height 14 cm., length 9 cm. Notes Thomas Cole (1800-1864) From 1823 to circa 1829, he worked with his brother James Ferguson Cole at 3 New Bond Street. Thomas was next recorded in 1838 as a watchmaker at No. 11 Upper King Street, Bloomsbury. By 1845 he was registered as a "designer and maker of ornamental clocks". Thomas Cole exhibited at the 1855 Paris International Exhibition. By this time, he had moved to his final place of business at No. 6 Castle Street, Holborn. Elected to the Royal Society of Arts on June 28th, 1861, he was also admitted to the British Horological Institute in which his brother played a leading role. At the London International Exhibition of 1862, both brothers displayed examples of their work. Thomas Cole died from typhoid fever on January 3rd, 1864. Usually his work was retailed by others, although several clocks signed by him are known.