Antique Thomas Earnshaw Clock

Price Type: auction
Sold Date: 11/11/2001
Pre-Sale Estimate: (subscribers only)
Sold For: (subscribers only)

Catalog Description:

Mahogany, two-day marine chronometer in French style box. Thomas Earnshaw, circa 1795. Thomas Earnshaw, Invenit et Fecit, No. 247, circa 1795. Fine and rare, mahogany, two-day marine chronometer in French style box. C. Brass bowl with threaded glazed bezel, gimbaled in two-body mahogany box with glazed round window in the top under sliding lid, brass handles, corner plate for a key, key-lock in front.D. Silvered, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, set eccentrically at the top, subsidiary seconds at the bottom. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 60 mm, brass full plate, turned pillars, secured by pins, fusee and chain, Earnshaw spring-detent escapement, typical Earnshaw bimetallic compensation balance with two wedge weighs and two timing screws, blued-steel free sprung 10-turns helical balance spring with outer terminal curves, escapement jeweled, balance with diamond endstione. Signed on the dial and box front ivory plaque.Bowl 8 cm in diameter, box 15 x 15 cm.

The Antique Clocks Price Guide database contains actual sales information about this piece and more than 20,000 other antique clocks. Most records tell you what it sold for at auction and where it was sold. Some records tell you the price that retail dealers are asking for this or similar clocks.

For as little as $6.95 for a five-day pass you can view the complete information for all the antique clocks in our database. To find out more about our low cost five-day, one-month or one year subscription plans, click here.

Back to List