Gothic Style Jewelers Pinwheel Regulator
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$3,500 – $5,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]
Gothic Empire Style Jewelers Pinwheel Regulator w/ Mercury Pendulum. 12 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals, pierced sweep seconds hand, open moon minute and hour hands and gilt brass bezel. Typical 8 day weight driven pinwheel movement has retaining power with silvered escape levers and crutch protected in an iron box frame with dust covers, missing one dust cover door; quality pendulum has a long steel rod with glass mercurial jar set in gold washed and silvered highlighted frame, silvered weight and silvered beat indicator in the bottom of the case. In a gothic style mahogany case with stepped triangular crest pointed at the top, reverse amber decorated glass in the dial door and lower door with gothic arched design exposing the weight, pendulum and beat indicator. Case is French polished, has some minor veneer repairs. 76 in. high x 21.5 x 10.5