Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Pennsylvania Tiger Maple Pillar and Scroll Clock, c. 1830, scroll top with turned freestanding columns flanking the door, cherry case sides, turned finials and feet, 12-in. painted iron Arabic numeral dial with figural depictions of the four seasons in corners, lower tablet painted on iron and mounted behind glass, thirty-hour, wood, brass, and steel movement powered by two cast iron weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 31 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Clock movement is complete but should be lubricated.
Clock will tick and strike.
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Keywords
Clock, steel movementJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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