Harding & Bazeley falling ball clock
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
20th Century
This twentieth-century brass falling ball clock is attributed by the auction house to Harding & Bazeley of Cheltenham, with its single-train movement signed 'SINCLAIR HARDING & CO ENGLAND'.
Constructed with an architectural brass frame featuring four column supports, it is set beneath an upper scrolling track and positioned above a central paddle wheel holding spherical steel balls. The clock rests upon an oak plinth raised on four ball feet. Measuring 35 cm high, the movement is powered by the weight of the rolling balls and is regulated by a vertically mounted lever platform escapement.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Technical characteristics
- Base
- Oak plinth above four ball feet
- Type
- Falling ball clock
- Height
- 35cm high
- Escapement
- Vertically mounted lever platform escapement
- Place recorded
- United Kingdom
- Maker Attribution
- Harding & Bazeley, Cheltenham
- Movement Signature
- SINCLAIR HARDING & CO ENGLAND
- Maker / attribution
- Harding & Bazeley / Sinclair Harding & Co
Design
- Visible features
- • Open brass frame featuring four columnar corner uprights and finials • Curved upper track system loaded with multiple steel balls • Central circular brass dial with an engraved Roman numeral chapter ring and dark hands • Paddle wheel visible behind and around the dial for receiving and descending the spherical balls • Moulded wooden base on turned brass feet, featuring a brass plaque at the front
- Structural Frame and Base
- The clock measures 35 cm high and is constructed with a 'brass frame with four column supports below a scrolling track'. It is set upon an 'oak plinth above four ball feet'. Visual observations record an open brass frame with four columnar corner uprights and finials, a curved upper track loaded with steel balls, and a moulded wooden base on turned brass feet.
- Attribution and Identification
- The lot is catalogued by the auctioneer as a 20th-century brass falling ball clock attributed to Harding & Bazeley of Cheltenham. The movement itself is recorded as signed 'SINCLAIR HARDING & CO ENGLAND'. The cataloguing does not elaborate on the relationship between the title attribution to Harding & Bazeley and the movement marking 'SINCLAIR HARDING & CO ENGLAND'.
- Mechanism and Dial Configuration
- The movement is a single train assembly driven by steel balls. The cataloguing describes 'the central wheel supporting the balls powering the single train movement' situated above 'a paddle wheel carrying the steel balls', regulated by a 'vertically mounted lever platform escapement'. The time is indicated on a dial recorded as signed and featuring Roman numerals. Observations note a central circular brass dial with an engraved Roman numeral chapter ring and dark hands.
Identification
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked source listing or collection record. Attribution and specifications are source-reported and have not been independently authenticated.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: Glass dome is neither mentioned in the lot description nor present in the auction photograph
- Research required: Exact number of supplied steel balls is not stated in the source text