Lot 266 , A Regency mahogany regulator longcase clock, by Robert Molyneux, London

A Regency mahogany regulator longcase clock, by Robert Molyneux, London, eight day movement, with deadbeat escapement and maintaining power, circular painted dial with outer minute Arabic numerals and subsidiary hours and seconds dials, the hood with ebony line inlay, brass cased weights, ebonised pendulum rod and substantial brass cased bob, 182cm high
Note: Robert Molyneux had his own business in Devonshire Street circa 1800, initially making escapements, but later producing chronometers. His sons joined him in 1830 and, in 1832, they moved to Southampton Row.

Provenance: The Streatfeild Collection
£1,200-1,800

Condition:
The case and dial are in generally good condition with some losses to the veneer, scratches and bruises commensurate with age. The regulator is not running at the time of cataloguing. There is potential rebushing and servicing required in order for it to run.

Sold for £2,000