John McConnell Quarter-chiming Fusee Skeleton Clock

Description:

John McConnell Quarter-chiming Fusee Skeleton Clock, Belfast, silvered roman numeral chapter ring, skeletonized Gothic cathedral-form plates with a nest of eight bells between the towers, triple fusee, time, strike, and quarter-chime on eight bells movement and hour strike on a gong regulated by a two-jar mercury pendulum, all on a white marble base and under a glass dome, ht. 26 in.
Estimate $10,000-12,000

Dome has multiple cracks. Clock is currently running.


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