$2,963
Mahogany Single Candlestick Lever Spring Clock by Birge & Fuller, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1850, the sharp gothic case form with flanking single turned candlesticks, painted zinc dial with roman numerals, transfer and paint decorated tablets on the upper and lower door, printed maker's label inside stating, Patent Accelerating Lever Spring Thirty-Hour Brass Clocks Made and for Sale by Birge & Fuller, Bristol, Conn. , thirty-hour time and strike movement stamped C. Boardman, Bristol. Conn. USA , iron leaf spring mounted in the base, ht. 22 3/4 in. Dial with inpainting now discolored, relined; lower tablet cracked, losses particularly on borders of both glasses, movement in need of cleaning.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-02-15
