Lot 19

A LARGE SLATE AND MALACHITE PERPETUAL CALENDAR MANTEL CLOCK WITH BAROMETER, ALEXANDER & SON, GLASGOW

19TH CENTURY

£605

Scottish Works of Art & Whisky

Auction: 17 August 2022 at 11:00 BST

Description

with a two piece dial with Roman number chapter and a partially visible Brocot escapement with agate pins, above a bevelled glass lenticle flanked by a subsidiary aneroid barometer dial marked 'METALLIC BAROMETER', and a white-enamelled calendar dial with English month abbreviations framing a 'rolling moon' phase flanked by subsidiary Days of the Week and terrestrial calendar dials, in a black slate case with malachite panels and gilt line details; the movement stamped 161 60966 GV

Dimensions

55cm wide, 49cm high, 17cm deep