Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
J. Evans Miniature Bedside Clock, 89 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London, c. 1880, the enameled Roman numeral dial with spade hands, winding arbor, and signed as above all enclosed in a turned brass bezel, three-quarter-plateplate watch movement engraved J. Evans/ No. 14116/ 89 Mount Street/Berkeley Square, raised pallet cock with ruby endstone, two arm bi-metallic balance wheel and regulation lever, all supported on a mahogany case with banded, line and oval inlay in the waist flanked by stylized satin wood fans on a green ground, the raised base with similar banded and line inlays enclosing a central diamond, all on a molded base, ht. 7 in.
Estimate $400-600
movement appears to be complete, although presently not running.
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