M C Taylor Clocks

Description

A very small and high quality skeleton timepiece.

The very substantial, 4 baluster pillar fusee movement with Anchor Recoil escapement and 5 spoked wheels throughout (even to the motion work). The Lyre shaped plates are extremely thick and are double-screwed to the pillars. Also having a barley twist crutch and carved to-both-sides pendulum rod with a solid turned bob and transit locking. Mounted upon 4 conical turned feet. All the screws are highly finished blued steel.

Having a 4" diameter, silvered and engraved brass chapter ring with an outer divided minute track, Roman hour numerals and the maker's signature of "THOMPSON, SLOANE STREET, LONDON" spread between the numerals IIII and VIII. The matching blued steel hands are 'Breguet open moon' style,

Under a fine and undamaged, square glass dome and fixed to a beautiful, double tiered, rosewood base with 4 squashed bun feet.

This is a fine example of a small iconic, quintessential English Skeleton clock and no compromise was made during it's manufacture. The maker, E. Thompson worked from 181, Sloane Street, London from 1840 until 1850. The pictures do not do this clock justice and if polished as it should be this little clock will look absolutely stunning. I was hoping to have the time to restore it before I presented it but simply do not have the time due to customer commitments.