A Fine Quality mahogany 8 Day Floorstanding Regulator Clock by Edwin Fisher of Bath c.1850, with a rare pull winding mechanism.

• Maker: Edwin Fisher of Bath
  
• Date: 1850
• Height: 218cm  
  
• Width: 67cm at widest point of base / 46cm trunk width 
  
• Depth: 30cm
  
• Price: Sold
  

 

Case

The high quality case veneered in beautifully figured fiddle back and plum pudding mahogany of wonderful original colour and patination.

The arched top case of typical regulator form with a fully opening glazed trunk door with the original lock and key and movement viewing doors to the case sides.

The extremely well executed floral carved work beneath the dial and also to the lower section of the door with boarded false bottom and weight aperture.

The backboard veneered in figured plum pudding mahogany of the very highest quality

The box base with recessed oval panel, applied carved scrolls, mounted on a plinth skirt and pad feet,

Dial

The 13.75" circular engraved silvered brass dial with outer minute track and recessed subsidiary dials for the Roman hours and Arabic seconds. (Observatory markings), signed to the dial centre E. Fisher, Bath.

Movement

The high quality fully restored weight-driven eight day movement with substantial and thick (5mm) tapering plates united by four heavy turned pillars secured by eight heavy blued steel screws and collets.

The wheel work of the finest quality with six spoke crossings, high count pinions and terminating in a deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets, triple-screwed to the arbor.

Harrison's maintaining power and long polished steel crutch with screwed beat adjustment.

The ratcheted pull winding mechanism is particularly unusual, wound by pulling on a heavy fusee-type chain with turned brass pommel, emanating from below the carved dial mask.

The pendulum hanging from a cast brass bracket mounted to the backboard of the case.

Weight

The polished brass cylindrical weight with ornate fretted and spoked pulley.

Pendulum

The mercury jar compensated pendulum with polished steel cradle, silvered calibrated rating nut and blued steel pointer.

High quality highly decorative faceted glass jar.

Calibrated silvered and engraved brass beat scale.

Hands

Blued steel hands.

All of our clocks are mechanically guaranteed in writing for two years and are genuine examples restored to the highest standard by our FBHI and Clockmakers Company awarded horologist.

Delivery and set up is included in the price for all UK mainland deliveries. All clocks are carefully delivered and fully commissioned by ourselves.
For overseas customers a fully insured shipment can be organised direct to your door for most locations in the world, please contact us for a shipping price.

Edwin Fisher is first recorded working in Bath in 1819; he is recorded as a watchmaker and a jeweller working at 13 Somerset buildings. At some point he relocated to 14 New Bond Street; an 1833 directory records him at this address. On a trade card, he is styled as a watchmaker, specialising in French watches, chronometers, and repeaters, as well as carrying out repairs to musical works and offering a supply of keys and precious metal chains.

Nine years later Fisher had moved again to 13 Abbey Churchyard, though he would stay there only briefly, moving to his final location, 9 Old Bond Street, in 1846. He stopped advertising in Bath in 1866, which is reasonable to suggest as his date of retirement.