Items Similar to English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, Retailed by Hunt & Roskell

Single Fusee Carriage Timepiece By Thomas Cole and James Cole, Retailed By Hunt

Large Gilt Brass Engraved Oval Table Clock by Thomas Cole

Early Tripod Table Clock by Thomas Cole with Glass Dome

A Strut Clock in The Manner of Thomas Cole by Howell, James & Co.

Rare 19th Century Brass Engraved 'Inkwell' Table Clock attributed to Thomas Cole

Very Rare 19th Century Coromandel Veneered Year-Running Clock by Thomas Cole

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 10

English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, Retailed by Hunt & Roskell

Name: English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, Retailed by Hunt & Roskell
Brand: Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)
Price: 53982.76 CHF
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (9 reviews)

About the Item

A Fine English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, With Integral Thermometer and Barometer, Retailed by Hunt & Roskell, London Signed to the dial for the retailer ‘Hunt & Roskell, London.’ No. 1318 /38 The circular six-inch silvered dial with cast bezel, signed ‘Hunt & Roskell, London’, above Roman chapters and blued steel spade hands, set with a large subsidiary seconds dial below XII, the centre finely engraved with scrolling strapwork decoration. The steel winding square protruding through an engraved and shaped plate immediately below 6 o'clock with handset achieved by adjustment to the rear. The movement with tapered plates joined by cylindrical screwed pillars, a two-part backplate, a going barrel, and deadbeat escapement. The pendulum suspended from the apex of the tripod from a G-bracket, with plumb line above, fine regulation achieved by a sliding cylindrical weight on the rod, terminating in a heavy silvered spherical bob secured via Cole's pendulum-locking system. The case formed of three cylindrical rods set on a gilt and stepped circular base engraved with scrolling foliage, the recessed centre with a semi-circular glazed barometer with silvered register scale, blued steel hand and manually adjustable gilt recording hand. The tilted thermometer within an engraved and gilded surround. Below the tip of the pendulum is a beat scale resting on a bimetallic bar providing thermal compensation, the base resting on three adjustable gilt-metal levelling nuts. Retaining its original glass dome and brass winding key. England, Circa 1855. This fine and rare timepiece by Thomas Cole is a masterpiece of design. Described by Hawkins in 'Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking' as “the first English table regulator for a gentleman’s library table,” Cole’s strut clock underwent over eight iterations before achieving a design that combined precision with extraordinary elegance. The use of a tripod to determine the optimal pendulum suspension point is just one of several ingenious mechanisms Cole employed. Three adjustable nuts serving as feet allow for effective levelling of the clock, while a plumb line and bob ensure precise vertical alignment. Relocating the winding square directly beneath the dial eliminates the risk of scratching the surface or damaging the hands, while the inclusion of a thermometer, angled at 45 degrees, effectively conceals the beat scale and pendulum locking mechanism. Ingeniously designed, the locking mechanism positioned just below the pendulum’s tip includes a beat scale resting on a brass bar that can be raised to secure the pendulum in place. This mechanism also provides thermal compensation through a bi-metallic strip, which automatically raises or lowers the bob in response to temperature fluctuations. Both inventive and aesthetically striking, this rare clock exemplifies the highly ornamental Victorian timepieces created by Thomas Cole for prestigious London retailers such as Hunt & Roskell, C.F. Hancock, and R. & S. Garrard in the mid-nineteenth century.

Creator:
Thomas Cole (Clockmaker) (Clockmaker)
Dimensions:
Height: 20.87 in (53 cm)Diameter: 9.45 in (24 cm)
Style:
Victorian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Bronze,Glass,Steel,Gilt
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1855
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. The movement of the clock is clean and currently running well.
Seller Location:
Brighton, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: B782201stDibs: LU1028044241002

More From This Seller

View All

A Large Gilt-Bronze Four-Glass Mantel Regulator Calendar Clock

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

A Large Gilt-Bronze Four-Glass Mantel Regulator Calendar Clock. The architectural case composed of two columns supporting a stepped top. The front and back with bevel glazed doors. The enamel clock...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Victorian Mantel Clocks

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

A Large Gilt-Bronze Four-Glass Mantel Regulator Calendar Clock

$29,867

Cercles Tournants Clock Garniture by Deniere, Paris

By Jean-François Denière

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

A Rare and Exceptional Gilt and Patinated Bronze Monumental Cercles Tournants Clock Garniture, by Deniere, Paris. The backplate signed 'DENIERE...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Cercles Tournants Clock Garniture by Deniere, Paris

$119,468

Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock, by Grohé Frères

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

A large and exceptional Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and white marble figural mantel clock, by Grohé Frères, Paris. The dial signed ‘Grohé, A Paris'. ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock, by Grohé Frères

$21,042

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clock, by Beurdeley

By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clock, by Beurdeley. Signed 'A Beurdeley Fils à Paris'. Surmounted by a ribbon tied globe the gilt-bronze case of this fine cartel clock...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks

Materials

Bronze

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clock, by Beurdeley

$38,012

A Napoléon III Silvered-Bronze Clock Garniture by Charpentier, Paris

By Charpentier et Cie

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

A Large and Important Napoléon III Gilt and Silvered-Bronze Sculptural Three-Piece Clock Garniture, By Charpentier, Paris. Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of figural vases. The...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

A Napoléon III Silvered-Bronze Clock Garniture by Charpentier, Paris

$115,395

Napoleon III Clock Garniture Designed by Sévin, Cast by Barbedienne

By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Louis-Constant Sevin

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

A fine Napoleon III gilt-bronze and porcelain mounted clock garniture, designed by Louis-Constant Sévin, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, The Movement by Japy Frères. Frédéric Japy ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Napoleon III Clock Garniture Designed by Sévin, Cast by Barbedienne

$32,582 / set

Antique 1840s English William IV Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks

Materials

Brass, Steel, Ormolu

Single Fusee Carriage Timepiece By Thomas Cole and James Cole, Retailed By Hunt

$14,510

Large Gilt Brass Engraved Oval Table Clock by Thomas Cole

By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)

Located in London, GB

A large oval strut clock By Thomas Cole The case constructed from gilt brass and designed to be as thin as possible, finely engraved throughout, of substantial oval size, and supported by means of a fold-out foot, the outer frame with floral engraved border, the silvered dial decorated in conforming manner and denoting the hours in Roman numerals with blued steel hands, its centre decorated in foliate patterns; the movement with four turned pillars, spring barrel, steel balance and lever escapement and signed to the backplate by the retailer, also denoted on the dial's cartouche "Thos Boxell, Brighton," and numbered to the rear. Circa 1860 Dimensions: H: 11 in / 28 cm Comparative Literature: Hawkins, J. B. Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1975; p. 90 (item 28), illustrating a related large oval strut clock. Thomas Cole (1800-1864) Son of Thomas Cole Snr, a Somerset clockmaker, Cole is known as a specialist in making decorative timepieces of the highest quality. He exhibited at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851; he warranted an 'honourable mention' in the Paris Exposition universelle of 1855 and the London 1862 International Exhibition, where he was awarded a medal for 'excellence of taste and design'. Thomas Boxell of Brighton...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Large Gilt Brass Engraved Oval Table Clock by Thomas Cole

$16,969

Early Tripod Table Clock by Thomas Cole with Glass Dome

Located in London, GB

An extraordinary rustic tripod table clock by Thomas Cole Retailed by E. White of London The circular green velvet-clad base supporting three equidistantly spaced brass imitation logs, from which the clock and its mechanism are suspended; housed within a brass bezel conformingly styled as naturalistic logs, the circular etched and engraved gilt dial with elegant blued steel hands, marked at 6 o'clock "E. White, 20 Cockspur St, London", having the hours marked in Roman numerals; the tapered two-tier movement has a six wheel train with five-spoke crossings between spotted plates, the upper section fixed by blued steel screws to the backplate, enclosing a Brocot-style deadbeat escapement incorporating rubies and train to the centre wheel, the pendulum of most unusual design styled as a lidded cauldron over a simulated fire. Complete with a glass dome and key. The front plate numbered “1637.” London made, circa 1861 Thomas Cole, (1800-1864) Son of Thomas Cole Snr, a Somerset clockmaker, his history and works are fully recorded in 'Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking' by John B. Hawkins, published 1975, in Sydney. Known as a specialist in making decorative timepieces of the highest quality, Cole exhibited at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851; he warranted an 'honourable mention' in the Paris Exhibition of 1855 and the London 1862 Exposition International, where he was awarded a medal for 'excellence of taste and design'. Hawkins discuss Thomas Cole's tripod clocks...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu, Bronze

Early Tripod Table Clock by Thomas Cole with Glass Dome

$61,091

A Strut Clock in The Manner of Thomas Cole by Howell, James & Co.

By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)

Located in Amersham, GB

This beautiful desk timepiece is a rare strut clock, in the form of a gilded scallop shell, with an engine turned silvered roman dial set behind a bevelled glass with distinctive fle...

Category

Antique 1860s English Baroque Revival Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

A Strut Clock in The Manner of Thomas Cole by Howell, James & Co.

$3,835

Rare 19th Century Brass Engraved 'Inkwell' Table Clock attributed to Thomas Cole

By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)

Located in London, GB

An Unusual 'Inkwell' Table Clock Attributed to Thomas Cole Constructed from gilt brass, the novelty timepiece rising from a turned ebonised base inset with a concave brass tray e...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Rare 19th Century Brass Engraved 'Inkwell' Table Clock attributed to Thomas Cole

$33,939

Very Rare 19th Century Coromandel Veneered Year-Running Clock by Thomas Cole

By Achille Brocot, Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)

Located in London, GB

A Superb Coromandel-Veneered Mantle Clock The case constructed of very well-figured Coromandel giving the maximum amount of decorative effect, with gilt bronze accents; the plinth base of rectangular form, with everted stepped corners, and precisely chased gilt bronze figures, two representing Mercury-the god of travel and merchants with his winged helmet and coin purse in hand; the others representing Fortuna-the goddess of luck; the sides glazed, with mooresque arcaded pierced mounts enclosing a vase, in gilt bronze with overlapping palm trees above: the top of domed form with an octagonal platform, surmounted by an architectural dome, its engraved detail and structure reminiscent of Byzantine prototypes. The silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals for the hours, and within an arabesque dial divided into quadrants, with the key aperture at 6 o'clock. Below, the manual calendar, and a semi-circular thermometer. The dial signed by the retailer "Hunt & Roskell / London." The mechanism replaced with a one-year duration movement by Achille Brocot. English, circa 1860 A closely related clock, by Thomas Cole, though not bearing his signature, with a case of identical form and differing bronze decoration, previously with Butchoff. A third known coromandel-veneered example, also unsigned, is discussed by John...

Category