A GEORGE II MAHOGANY MONTH-GOING LONGCASE REGULATOR john ellicott london, circa 1755 The silvered regulator dial with shallow arched top centered by a pendulum regulation ring with a blued steel hand flanked by the signature Ellicott, London , the regulator dial with outer Arabic minutes, large diameter seconds ring below 60 with observatory markings and Roman hour aperture below the centre, all hands finely sculpted of blued steel, latches to the dial feet and to the six large baluster pillars for the massive movement with shouldered plates, end-capped wheel train with six crossings, Graham-type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets, Ellicott's own gridiron pendulum, the massive brass bob with central glazed compensation viewing aperture and flanked by twin calibrated rating nuts with blued steel pointers, steel wishbone suspension spring with a brass pointer swinging against the original calibrated paper beatscale, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, Ellicott's security winding device employing a brass bar positioned below the backplate, the well-proportioned case with caddy top, brass-lined reeded pilasters flanking the hood door and glazed sides, chamfered angles to the arched trunk door, the plinth with raised octagonal panel above the double-skirted foot with carved apron
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY MONTH-GOING LONGCASE REGULATOR john ellicott london, circa 1755 The silvered regulator dial with shallow arched top centered by a pendulum regulation ring with a blued steel hand flanked by the signature Ellicott, London , the regulator dial with outer Arabic minutes, large diameter seconds ring below 60 with observatory markings and Roman hour aperture below the centre, all hands finely sculpted of blued steel, latches to the dial feet and to the six large baluster pillars for the massive movement with shouldered plates, end-capped wheel train with six crossings, Graham-type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets, Ellicott's own gridiron pendulum, the massive brass bob with central glazed compensation viewing aperture and flanked by twin calibrated rating nuts with blued steel pointers, steel wishbone suspension spring with a brass pointer swinging against the original calibrated paper beatscale, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, Ellicott's security winding device employing a brass bar positioned below the backplate, the well-proportioned case with caddy top, brass-lined reeded pilasters flanking the hood door and glazed sides, chamfered angles to the arched trunk door, the plinth with raised octagonal panel above the double-skirted foot with carved apron
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