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SUMMARY:george-edward-frodsham - Date de vente : 17/12/2025
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : George Edward Frodsham\n\n3¾-inch silvered dial 
 signed G E Frodsham\, 31 Gracechurch St\, London\, 6507\, subsidiary sec
 onds and up/down dials\, fusee and chain movement with Earnshaw’s detent
  escapement\, compensation balance with free-sprung helical spring\, well 
 spotted plates\, the brass bowl gimballed in a three-tier brass-bound case
  with side handles. Originally\, the front with ivory plaque signed G E 
 Frodsham\, 31 Gracechurch Street\, London and an ivory roundel numbered
  6507\, both professionally removed.\n\n19cm. 7½in. wide\n\nNo. 6507 is 
 listed in ’Chronometer Makers of the World" by Tony Mercer as having bee
 n used on the Britannia\, a grain ship out of Shoreham\, Sussex. The barq
 ue Britannia was launched at Shoreham in 1877 and\, under her Master and p
 art-owner Captain Alfred Gasston\, she sailed around the world carrying a 
 variety of cargo. In September 1883 she was sailing between Jamaica and Mo
 ntreal when she struck a sand bar and was wrecked with the loss of thirtee
 n lives including those of Gasston’s wife and his two youngest children.
  Alfred Gasston survived the disaster and returned to Shoreham and his ot
 her children. He died in 1920 aged 86.\n\nPlease note that Condition 12 o
 f the Conditions of Business for Buyers is not applicable to this lot.
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