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Riley Whiting Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock

Sell one like this
$1,353$1,100
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2763TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 28, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Riley Whiting Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Winchester, Connecticut, 1825, mahogany scroll-top case with three pineapple finials, painted wooden Arabic numeral dial with raised gilt shield decorated spandrels, reverse-painted tablet depicting an observatory, printed maker's label reading in part Modern Improved Clocks made and sold by Riley Whiting, thirty-hour wooden movement with countwheel strike, two cast iron weights, and pendulum, ht. 30 1/2 in.
Estimate $600-800

case refinished, glasses appear to be original, dial numbers refreshed.


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Keywords

Scroll Shelf Clock, Connecticut, Winchester, Riley Whiting