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Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 1, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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Mahogany Quarter-Chiming Tall Clock

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Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2502Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 01, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

Mahogany Quarter-Chiming Tall Clock, Germany, circa 1900, scroll top case with carved rosettes, free-standing fluted columns flanking the brass dial with Arabic numerals, applied pierced decoration, subsidiary dials for Chime-Silent and Westminster-Whittington selection and moon's age in the arch, eight-day weight-powered movement chiming quarters on eight bells or four gongs, pendulum and three brass-cased weights, ht. 98 1/2 in.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

No significant repairs or replacements, one finial reglued, brass weights in old lacquer, movement in running condition.

Keywords

Chiming Tall Clock, Germany