Bishop & Bradley Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Clock

Description:

Bishop & Bradley Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Clock, Watertown, Connecticut, c. 1825, scroll-top case with freestanding turned columns flanking the Arabic numeral dial with raised gilt spandrels and center decoration, lower tablet depicting a village scene, interior label reading in part Patent Clocks Invented by Eli Terry, Made by Bishop & Bradley, thirty-hour, time and strike, wooden movement, ht. 30 1/2 in.
Estimate $600-800

old surface, small losses to label, fret original, dial paint untouched, lower and upper glasses original, old replaced feet, bottom skirt original, lacking one weight, pendulum rod off but present.


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