Paint-decorated Tall Clock

Description:

Paint-decorated Tall Clock, A. Eaton, Ashby, Massachusetts, early 19th century, the shaped fretwork joining rectangular plinths and turned wooden finials, above the arched molded hood with glazed tombstone door flanked by freestanding columns opening to the white-painted wooden dial lettered "A. Eaton/Ashby," with thirty-hour weight-driven wooden movement, on the molded waist with thumb-molded drawer all on the cutout base, old grained surface, ht. 90 in.
Estimate $1,200-1,800


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