1820 Tobias Marine Chronometer with Acanthus Carved Mantle Case
Eight day marine chronometer, by Morris Tobias, c. 1820, silvered dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary dial, signed 'Morris Tobias 31 Minories, London', house in an ebonised mantle case carved with acanthus leaves, with later key, height 10.63 in. width 10.63 in. depth 5.51 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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- Subsidiary Dial - On a clock or watch, a subsidiary dial, also called an auxiliary dial, is a dial that is secondary to the main dial and may show seconds, day of the week or month, or strike silent. A subsidiary dial may be within our outside the main dial, and a clock or watch may have several subsidiary dials.
- Acanthus - A stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical Greek and Roman architecture, derived from the genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Mediterranean area. It is a common element in classical Greek and Roman design, and is often seen in Corinthian and Composite order columns and used as a decorative element in English, European and Australian furniture, particularly on the curve of a leg, and as decoration for a corbel.
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