Offered by Gude & Meis Antique Clocks
Exceptional small English brass skeleton clock. Day-going movement with verge escapement and plain balance wheel.
The 5.1-cm diameter engraved and silvered chapter ring has Roman numerals. The ‘spade hands’ are made of blued steel.
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The movement is driven by a spring barrel with fusee and chain and is of one-day duration. It is regulated by a verge escapement in combination with a plain iron balance.
The brass frame is shaped like an inverted Y with curled ends. It stands on an oval brass base signed Fenton Bury. The whole is placed under a glass dome on a wooden base with flat round brass feet.
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