Mahogany Gothic Steeple on Steeple Clock

Description:

Mahogany Gothic Steeple on Steeple Clock, Birge and Fuller, Bristol, Connecticut, 1844-1848, the door with reverse painted tablet opening to white painted zinc dial and brass double fusee driven movement stamped "Birge and Fuller Bristol Conn. USA," with flanking pairs of free-standing columns on ogee-molded plinth above base with door framing a reverse-painted tablet, refinished, the tablets appear to be original, ht. 25 1/4 in.

N.B.: Interior overpainted label of J.J. Beals & Co.'s Clock Establishment Boston.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

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