case with minor veneer losses and repairs, case bottom with an old repair, door liner with minor losses to lacquer, and minor discoloration, dial with some loss to gilt and silvered surfaces, losses to engraving infill, tarnish, hands dirty, but otherwise very good, movement dirty, but complete, pallet stones good, escapement functional, teeth on smaller escape wheel with wear, should run if properly serviced and adjusted, pendulum with minor loss to gilding, rods with tarnish, weight good. The present clock is one of two known from Fasoldt's Rome period. It is the only one which retains its original escapement components and pendulum, the escapement manufactured to the specifications of his patent of Feb. 1, 1859. Fasoldt is known for his experimentation with and improvements to his own designs, and this two pallet version with coaxial escape wheel eventually evolved into the three pallet design he patented in 1865, which is employed in most of his watches, as well as a number of clocks. See lot numbers 1123, 1124 and 1125 for other examples by this maker.
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Charles Fasoldt, Rome, N.Y., 30 day hanging regulator with escapement constructed to the specifications of his 1859 patent, the rosewood veneered case with architectural, molded top and inlaid, pitched pediment, above a rectangular case with conforming, glazed door and molded, gilt liner, the interior with rosewood veneered weight baffle, matted, gilt brass dial with applied, silvered, Roman numeral cartouches and seconds bit, blued steel hands of Fasoldt pattern, month going, 6 wheel timepiece movement with heavy brass plates, Harrisons maintaining power, and Fasoldt's patent escapement, employing his coaxial escape wheel, bimetallic, compensated pendulum with gilt, adjustable cylinders, and based on Ellicott's design, lead weight with integral pulley, and rosewood handled winding key. case with minor veneer losses and repairs, case bottom with an old repair, door liner with minor losses to lacquer, and minor discoloration, dial with some loss to gilt and silvered surfaces, losses to engraving infill, tarnish, hands dirty, but otherwise very good, movement dirty, but complete, pallet stones good, escapement functional, teeth on smaller escape wheel with wear, should run if properly serviced and adjusted, pendulum with minor loss to gilding, rods with tarnish, weight good. The present clock is one of two known from Fasoldt's Rome period. It is the only one which retains its original escapement components and pendulum, the escapement manufactured to the specifications of his patent of Feb. 1, 1859. Fasoldt is known for his experimentation with and improvements to his own designs, and this two pallet version with coaxial escape wheel eventually evolved into the three pallet design he patented in 1865, which is employed in most of his watches, as well as a number of clocks. See lot numbers 1123, 1124 and 1125 for other examples by this maker.
