Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Botsford Patent Lever, Jerome Manufacturing Co., New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1850, with gilt-, paint-, and mother-of-pearl-decorated front, 3 1/4-in. enameled dial with roman numerals, spade hands, thirty-hour spring-powered patent-lever escapement timepiece on a painted and decorated pedestal with brass ball feet and glass dome, ht. 11 in.
Estimate $600-800
Dial chip at "VIII". Clock currently running.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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