DESCRIPTION:
Japan, an unusual, small 19th century Dai Dokei with original box, the sheet brass case with chrysanthemum engraving on three sides and decorative turned brass pillars at the corners, the rotating brass dial with movable hour and half hour markers and a single, fixed blued steel hand, two train, weight driven brass movement with verge escapement, two arm brass balance oscillating beneath the bell, and brass clad cylindrical weights, resting on a hardwood base with four slender, splayed legs with ovolo molded corners, and glazed hood with silk backed apertures with engraved chrysanthemum frets, and with it's original, conforming box, box dimensions listed
CONDITION:
case polished, turned pillars loose, one screw for the shield below the balance absent, pillars loose, hand with oxide, movement complete, very dirty and with congealed lubricant, not running, should function following service, sliding weights on balance now soldered to rim, weights with minor dents, wooden base missing one foot, hood lacking four sections of cock bead trim, glasses now retained with scotch tape, silk with minor damage, box with wear and scratches, tape residue, and minor insect damage at lower right. Deaccessioned from the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Ct.
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$3000
CIRCA: 19th c
DIMENSIONS: 16.75in x 7.25in x
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