A Pollard Elm mantle chronometer, Charles Frodsham, London, no. 2435, circa 1900

5 1/2 inch silvered engraved dial signed Chas. Frodsham, London, no. 2435, Roman numeral hour chapter ring, subsidiary dials at 12 o'clock for constant seconds and one above 6 o'clock for up/down indicator, fusee and chain movement with maintaining power, Earnshaw's spring detent escapement with compensation balance, platform signed Chas. Frodsham, London, no. 2435, free sprung polished helical hairspring, wound and set on the front.

Accompanied by a period wood travel box. and a handwritten note from John P. Morgan II detailing repairs to the clock.

John P. Morgan II was the great grandson of J.P. Morgan Jr. Given the date of this piece and J.P. Morgan's preference for the firm of Charles Frodsham in London, it is likely that this lot was purchased from Charles Frodsham in London at the turn of the century.

From records held in the Morgan Library in New York, Charles Frodsham & Co., Ltd., was the Morgan family's choice for EnglishTimepieces. 

J.P. Morgan Jr. was a noted Yachtsman and was Commodore of the New York Yacht Club in 1897.  He had many Yachts of which possibly the most famous was the Corsair II, a 241 foot vessel.