From rolling balls to bells and whistles
ANOTHER of the top-priced clocks to feature at Christie’s King Street (19.5/12% buyer's premium) on July 2 was this Regency rolling ball skeleton timepiece pictured right, made in Edinburgh by Robert Bryson after the model by Sir William Congreve, the inventor of the rolling ball clock.
Dating to c.1803, it was previously owned by Sir William Gibson-Craig who had bought it from Robert …