LOT 129 A very fine and rare late 18th century mahogany floorstanding regulator Pennington, London
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Pennington, LondonThe hood with applied moulded panels to the sides flanking canted reeded front angles over a long door with intricate moulded edge and lively flame figuring on a panelled base with double apron, the one-piece silvered ten inch square brass dial with outer Arabic minute band enclosing the subsidiary dials for running seconds with Observatory marks and Arabic 24-hour dial, the weight driven movement wound through the centre of the hour hand, the substantial plates united by five cannon barrel-turned pillars and secured to the thick seatboard by four brass L-shaped brackets, the train with maintaining power and high count (10-leaf) pinions terminating in a deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets, the steel crutch with pivoted arm, all protected by a slide-on glazed cover, the very substantial pendulum suspended on Troughton's A-frame brass bracket, with nine steel and brass rods terminating in a heavy lenticular brass bob reading against a beat scale set to the case backboard 1.77m (5ft 10ins) high.
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