Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Bishop & Bradley Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Watertown, Connecticut, c. 1820, the mahogany scroll-top case with printed paper label stating in part Improved Patent Clocks Made and Sold by Bishop & Bradley, freestanding columns flanking the full-length case door, lower tablet depicting a Georgian homestead and pendulum aperture, Arabic numeral painted wooden dial, all resting on scalloped apron, thirty-hour time and countwheel strike movement with pendulum and two cast iron weights, ht. 31 in.
Estimate $800-1,000
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