29th Apr, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)
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[M] A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY PARKINSON &...
A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY PARKINSON & FRODSHAM, NO. 3147, CIRCA 1850
the 3½in. silvered dial signed and numbered Parkinson & Frodsham Change Alley London 3147, further inscribed in red Frodsham & Keen / re-sprung 1891, gold hour and minute hands, blued steel subsidiary hands, the movement with engraved back plate, Earnshaw escapement, bi-metallic balance with Poole's auxiliary and blued helical balance spring, movement cowl, set within a gimballed brass bowl set within a brass inlaid rosewood case, approximately -- 8in. (20cm.) square
the 3½in. silvered dial signed and numbered Parkinson & Frodsham Change Alley London 3147, further inscribed in red Frodsham & Keen / re-sprung 1891, gold hour and minute hands, blued steel subsidiary hands, the movement with engraved back plate, Earnshaw escapement, bi-metallic balance with Poole's auxiliary and blued helical balance spring, movement cowl, set within a gimballed brass bowl set within a brass inlaid rosewood case, approximately -- 8in. (20cm.) square
Sold for £3,968
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY PARKINSON & FRODSHAM, NO. 3147, CIRCA 1850
the 3½in. silvered dial signed and numbered Parkinson & Frodsham Change Alley London 3147, further inscribed in red Frodsham & Keen / re-sprung 1891, gold hour and minute hands, blued steel subsidiary hands, the movement with engraved back plate, Earnshaw escapement, bi-metallic balance with Poole's auxiliary and blued helical balance spring, movement cowl, set within a gimballed brass bowl set within a brass inlaid rosewood case, approximately -- 8in. (20cm.) square
the 3½in. silvered dial signed and numbered Parkinson & Frodsham Change Alley London 3147, further inscribed in red Frodsham & Keen / re-sprung 1891, gold hour and minute hands, blued steel subsidiary hands, the movement with engraved back plate, Earnshaw escapement, bi-metallic balance with Poole's auxiliary and blued helical balance spring, movement cowl, set within a gimballed brass bowl set within a brass inlaid rosewood case, approximately -- 8in. (20cm.) square
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham), 29th Apr, 2009
