Mahogany Floorstanding Regulator Clock, G.Fk. Schearer / T. Martin & Co
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
mid 19th century
This mid-19th-century English floorstanding regulator clock is housed in a mahogany case featuring a square-topped hood, a glazed trunk door, and a plinth base.
Measuring 1.88 meters high, the case encloses a 12-inch circular silvered regulator dial with outer concentric minutes and separate subsidiaries for Arabic seconds and Roman hours. According to the source, the movement features 1/4-inch-thick plates joined by six turned pillars, six-crossing wheelwork, maintaining power, and a deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets. It operates with a wooden rod pendulum with bar suspension and a brass bob with a silvered rating nut.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Technical characteristics
- Type
- Floorstanding regulator
- Height
- 1.88 meters high
- Pendulum
- Wooden rod pendulum with bar suspension, micrometer adjustment, and heavy brass bob
- Escapement
- Deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets and maintaining power
- Place recorded
- United Kingdom
- Case Construction
- Square-topped hood over a long glazed door with internal dust-proof moulding on a plain base plinth
- Maker / attribution
- G.Fk. Schearer, London / T.Martin & Co Successors
- Dial Diameter and Layout
- 12-inch circular silvered dial with concentric minutes and subsidiaries for Arabic seconds and Roman hours
- Movement Plates and Pillars
- 1/4-inch-thick plates united by six substantial turned pillars
Design
- Visible features
- • Standing mahogany case with a square-topped hood and stepped moulding. • Glazed trunk door showing the suspended pendulum rod and circular brass pendulum bob. • Circular silvered regulator dial with outer minute track and separate upper and lower subsidiary registers. • Plain lower trunk panel terminating in a moulded plinth base.
- Dial Configuration and Indications
- The dial is a 12-inch circular silvered regulator dial displaying astronomical-style timekeeping registers. An outer concentric chapter ring tracks the minutes, while inner subsidiary dials separately indicate hours and seconds. Visually, an upper subsidiary register and a lower subsidiary register are visible within the main dial. The auction description records that the dial is signed, identifying G.Fk. Schearer of London alongside successors T. Martin & Co of 151 Regent St. The description further notes that the concentric minutes enclose subsidiaries for Arabic seconds with Observatory marks and Roman hours, though these specific engravings cannot be fully deciphered at the current photograph resolution.
- Case Architecture and Visible Presentation
- The clock is housed in an upright mahogany standing case standing 1.88 meters high according to the lot description. Its upper section consists of a square-topped hood with stepped moulding positioned over the case body. Below the hood, a long glazed trunk door reveals the interior pendulum rod and circular brass pendulum bob, terminating above a plain base panel with a plinth. According to the auction catalogue, the long glazed door is fitted with internal dust-proof moulding. While the overall standing form and door framing are visible in the catalogue photograph, specific interior moulding profiles cannot be verified from the image alone.
- Source Reported Movement and Regulating Components
- The internal mechanism is housed within the case and not visible in the catalogue photograph, but the auction description details a regulator movement with 1/4-inch-thick plates united by six substantial turned pillars. The wheel train is reported to feature wheels of six crossings with high-count pinions, accompanied by maintaining power. The escapement is catalogued as a deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets, an 8.5-inch-long steel crutch with a tall flat impulse pin, and endstops for both the pallet arbor and escape wheel. Timekeeping is reported to operate via a wooden rod pendulum with bar suspension, micrometer adjustment, and a heavy brass bob with a silvered rating nut.
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: Movement plates, jewelled pallets, maintaining power, and gear crossings are enclosed within the case and not visible in the photograph.
- Research required: Dial inscriptions and signatures cannot be fully deciphered at current image resolution.