Description
These items were retailed by Bond Street firms in London and we have had them with names such as J.W.Benson and Aspreys on the dial; however these silvered dials have no signatures. The well made timepiece movement has a substantial English lever platform spanning the plates; rear wind with an integral folding key. The Aneroid barometer is also of high quality with engraved and silvered brass scales (and also with a curved tube F( thermometer); note reference hand is set by turning the entire ship's wheel. Clock base has some small accent engraving that is not on the barometer base. High quality. Height 13.5Ó $1,500-2,000
Record courtesy of R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts