JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 12 October 2021 - 10:00 AM start
A quality early Victorian mahogany cased ship's chronometer by Robert Roskell of Liverpool
Realised: $3,500 plus premium
Lot Details
numbered 193/32826, brass cased in gimble mount, the brass dial named, with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the polished mahogany case with recessed brass handles. The dial diameter 123mm, small flake chip to glass. Apparently working. c.1825-40. Note: Roskell began in business in Liverpool in 1805, making chronometers and other horological instruments. In the fractional serial number, the first number is that of the chronometer, while the second is that of all Roskell instruments.
