Welch Spring & Company No. 2 Wall Regulator

Description:

Welch Spring & Company No. 2 Wall Regulator, Forestville, Connecticut, c. 1879, rosewood case with an 18-in. painted Roman numeral zinc dial with seconds bit, clear glass lower tablet, black flock backboard, cast-brass beat scale reading Welch, Spring & Co. Forestville, Conn., eight-day time-only mechanism, powered by two brass-cased weights and regulated by a brass-faced pendulum with gilt rod, ht. 56 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

bezel lacking rosewood veneer, dial has been cleaned and touched up.


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