DESCRIPTION:
John Pace, Bury, St. Edmunds, a rare miniature skeleton timepiece, the brass scroll frames and brass base with beveled edges, the back plate measuring just 5 1/4" in height, 8 day fusee movement with thread suspension and recoil escapement and light wheels with five spoke crossings, skeletonized, Arabic numeral dial with knurled inner and outer rings, blued steel Breguet style hands, all resting on an ebonized oval base with brass ball feet and conforming dome. Brass base signed "John Pace Bury St. Edmunds 229 "
CONDITION:
brass base, feet and frames with minor tarnish, hole in back plate for pallet arbor enlarged, and with burrs, dial good, hands reblued, hour hand with minor oxide, wheel side of barrel with scratches, dents and solder, barrel also with replaced teeth, crutch replaced, pendulum replaced, and with repairs, ebonized base with loss at left, dome good.
ESTIMATE:
$1400
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$1800
PRICE SOLD:
$700
CIRCA: 1850
DIMENSIONS: 8.5in x 6.125in x 3.75in
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