Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Elisha Neal Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, New Hartford, Connecticut, c. 1830, mahogany scroll-top case with turned freestanding columns flanking the full-length door, reverse-painted lower tablet, maker's label inside marked in part Elisha Neal, New-Hartford, painted wood arabic numeral dial, thirty-hour time and strike wood movement powered by two cast iron weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 29 in.
Estimate $300-500
Lacking finials. Dial has plugged winding holes. Label in good condition. Has door and winding keys. Two cast iron weights.
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Keywords
Elisha Neal, Neal Pillar, New Hartford, New-Hartford
Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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