Description
Robert Bryson FRSE (25 August 1778 – 8 August 1852) was a chronometer and clock maker in Edinburgh. He received the Royal Warrant as Watch and Clock Maker to Queen Victoria.
Robert Bryson, born in 1778 ended up being respected as a renowned clock maker. He is known for the maker of a sidereal clock which gave to the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh. This clock had the ability to calculate the precise timing of the Earth’s revolution on its own axis, allowing astronomers to align their observing instruments with the planets and constellations. Robert Bryson is listed and recorded as a very special and talented maker of clocks in Edinburgh. Very few people from Scotland have received the Royal Warrant and clockmaker to Queen Victoria.
This superb very slender and elegant grandfather clock comes from the early 19th century. The round painted dial with Roman numerals and signed Robert Bryson Princess Street, Edinburgh.
Superb quality regulator quality 8 day timepiece movement with wood rod and compensated pendulum, 6 spoke wheel work. Dead beat escapement and maintaining power.
Stunning flame mahogany veneered cabinet of superb proportions and with glazed trunk door.
