J. Black Mahogany Tall Clock

Description:

J. Black Mahogany Tall Clock, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, c. 1825, scroll-top pediment with applied brass rosettes, barley twist freestanding columns flanking the painted Roman numeral dial marked Black, Kirkcaldy, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, spandrels painted with scenes of the Empire, rural scene in the arch, convex crotch mahogany waist door flanked by freestanding barley twist columns, inset base panel, all on bun feet, eight-day time and hour strike movement, two cast iron weights and pendulum, ht. 85 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

both hood columns off but present, mechanism recently overhauled, crack running north to south on base panel.


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