$5,925
Federal Mahogany Veneer Tall Clock, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the hood with molded swan's neck cresting centering a plinth with scrolled bracket and turned wooden finial flanked by similar finials on plinths, glazed tombstone door below flanked by turned freestanding columns, the molded waist with shaped door and flanking fluted quarter-columns, the base with molded serpentine panel and flanking fluted quarter-columns on carved ogee feet, 13 in. white-painted iron dial with Arabic numerals, moon's age indicator in the arch showing a ship and a house in a landscape, rear of dial inscribed Nolen's Manufactory Boston , seconds hand, calendar aperture, and brass eight-day weight-powered time and strike movement, three wooden finials, pendulum rod with brass-faced bob, two cast iron weights, key, and winder, refinished, (restoration), ht. 92 1/2 in. Note: The top of the backboard on the interior of the clock is inscribed in brown paint "M. Coryell/Wilkes Barre/Pa." ogee feet and bottom board are replacements; finials replaced.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-03-07
