Description
case refinished, minor repairs to veneers, minor lifting and blistering to veneers and crossbanding, a few minor veneer losses, curved crossbanding at upper left of door repaired, and the glass abraded adjacent to the repair piece, dial with minor tarnish, hands good, drumhead door with later catch, the catch for the original lock missing, inner ring retaining drumhead door glass replaced, brass components of pendulum with mercury staining, steel pendulum components with minor, patchy oxidation, suspension spring with bends and minor oxide, jar very good, weight with minor tarnish and a few dents, pulley with minor dings, movement plates with tarnish and fingerprint stains, pillar screws with minor oxide, winting square with twist. Founded in 1842 by Edward Howard and David Davis, their output is consistently high quality, as can be seen in this example. The use of rosewood for the case is notable, as is the unusual pendulum jar, likely a product of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., or the New England Glass Co. Only a small number of standing astronomical regulators by this firm are known.
Record courtesy of R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts