Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Rosewood Welch No. 2 Regulator, Forestville, Connecticut, c. 1878, with 18-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial, subsidiary seconds dial, glazed wooden bezel, clear glass in lower door, black flocked paper on backboard, eight-day, time-only movement, deadbeat escapement, seconds-beat pendulum, beat scale, and two brass weights, ht. 55 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Small veneer loss on bezel.
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