case refinished, minor repairs to veneers, minor lifting and blistering to veneers and crossbanding, a few minor veneer losses, curved crossbanding at upper left of door repaired, and the glass abraded adjacent to the repair piece, dial with minor tarnish, hands good, drumhead door with later catch, the catch for the original lock missing, inner ring retaining drumhead door glass replaced, brass components of pendulum with mercury staining, steel pendulum components with minor, patchy oxidation, suspension spring with bends and minor oxide, jar very good, weight with minor tarnish and a few dents, pulley with minor dings, movement plates with tarnish and fingerprint stains, pillar screws with minor oxide, winting square with twist. Founded in 1842 by Edward Howard and David Davis, their output is consistently high quality, as can be seen in this example. The use of rosewood for the case is notable, as is the unusual pendulum jar, likely a product of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., or the New England Glass Co. Only a small number of standing astronomical regulators by this firm are known.
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Howard & Davis, Boston, Mass., a rare astronomical standing regulator, walnut, rosewood and rosewood veneer drumhead case, the base with turned, quarter round bead moldings framing recessed panels at the front and sides, and finished with a deep cavetto molding transitioning to the trunk, the trunk door with arched, crossbanded opening for viewing the weight and pendulum, and flanked by two narrow faux panels with crossbanded surround, the case sides also with glazed, arched windows, and surmounted by a cavetto molding below an incurved transition piece with conforming, molded panel, and supporting the drumhead with turned, molded door before the silvered brass dial, signed "Gifford, Estes & Co.", and "Howard & Davis Manufacturers, Boston", blued steel hands, large 8 day, weight driven timepiece movement with brass counterpoise for minute hand, jewelled pallets, pallet arbor, and escape wheel, and having adjustable steel endpieces throughout, brass weight with lyre form pulley, mercury pendulum with steel rod and decorative steel components, and blue cased glass jar with elongated, oblong clear cut panels, and with silvered beat scale, all before a mirrored case back, catching and reflecting light, and enhancing the decorative aspects of the various components case refinished, minor repairs to veneers, minor lifting and blistering to veneers and crossbanding, a few minor veneer losses, curved crossbanding at upper left of door repaired, and the glass abraded adjacent to the repair piece, dial with minor tarnish, hands good, drumhead door with later catch, the catch for the original lock missing, inner ring retaining drumhead door glass replaced, brass components of pendulum with mercury staining, steel pendulum components with minor, patchy oxidation, suspension spring with bends and minor oxide, jar very good, weight with minor tarnish and a few dents, pulley with minor dings, movement plates with tarnish and fingerprint stains, pillar screws with minor oxide, winting square with twist. Founded in 1842 by Edward Howard and David Davis, their output is consistently high quality, as can be seen in this example. The use of rosewood for the case is notable, as is the unusual pendulum jar, likely a product of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., or the New England Glass Co. Only a small number of standing astronomical regulators by this firm are known.
