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Description:
Birge, Mallory & Co. Mahogany Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1840, the case with carved fruit basket splat, turned columns flanking the upper door and the painted wood Roman numeral dial, two reverse-paintings on glass tablets signed on back Moberg, maker's label on backboard marked in part Eight-Day Clocks, Manufactured by Birge, Mallory & Co., strap brass, eight-day, time and strike movement stamped B M & Co., powered by two cast iron weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 38 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500
Case refinished. Dial has been strengthened and signed in gilt on back F. A. Stengel, 1890.
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