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Donnington Priory Salerooms

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01635 553553<br />

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A Victorian brass-bound mahogany<br />

cased two-day marine chronometer<br />

Richard Hornby, Liverpool, circa 1840<br />

The 2.25 inch diameter four-pillar full-plate<br />

movement with Harrison’s maintaining power,<br />

Earnshaw type spring detent escapement,<br />

and split bi-metallic balance with cylindrical<br />

compensation weights, with spotted backplate<br />

and 3.5 inch circular silvered Roman numeral<br />

dial with subsidiary seconds and power reserve<br />

dials and signed Rich’d Hornby, Liverpool No.<br />

781 to centre, set in a brass bowl with screwdown<br />

bezel mounted within gimbals, the threetier<br />

case with brass capped corners and edge<br />

bindings and applied with a plaque engraved<br />

Greenwich Mean Time to lid, 14.5cm wide<br />

Richard Hornby is recorded in Loomes, Brian<br />

Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World,<br />

Volume 2 as working in Liverpool 1814-51.<br />

£800-1,200<br />

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