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Lot 352
Sale 2093 - The Tastemaker
Aug 21, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,270
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A brass and mahogany marine chronometer, Bliss & Creighton, New York, NY, retailed by Geary & Weale, Baltimore, MD, circa 1850s
With silvered dial, signed, “Bliss & Creighton/ New York/ No. 711,” retaining retailer label to interior, inscribed, “Regulators of the Baltimore City Time/ Geary & Weale/ Chronometer Makers/ And Dealers of Fine Watches, Jewelry, &c./ No. 169 Baltimore Street, Baltimore," housed in mahogany lift-lid box.
H: 6 ¾ in. W: 6 5/8 in. D: 6 5/8 in., H: 9 1/8 in. W: 12 in. D: 9 3/8 in. (box)