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A Victorian engraved gilt-brass desk timepiece with calendar, attributed to Thomas Cole and retailed by Hunt & Roskell, London, circa 1850

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Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 EUR

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Description

2¼-inch silvered dial engraved with foliate scrolls, moon dial above XII, surmounted by a calendar signed Hunt & Roskell, London, the 8-day movement with ratchet tooth lever escapement and split bi-metallic compensation balance, the frame with suspension loop and rotating stand, all finely engraved with foliate scrolls, the base with initials B D, flanking an Earl’s coronet; together with the original winder

Height 7¼in.; Haut. 18.5cm

Probably acquired from John Carlton Smith, London in 2011.

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