$6,518
James Edwards Mahogany Tall Clock with Automaton, Stourbridge, United Kingdom, c. 1825, the scroll top case with brass rosettes, arched and glazed door flanked by carved and turned free-standing columns, painted iron dial signed Jas. Edwards, Stourbridge , colorful depictions of the four seasons in the spandrels, a rural countryside within the Roman numeral chapter ring and automata in the arch with two figures on a teeter-totter moving with the swing of the pendulum, serpentine waist door flanked by matching columns to the above, French feet and inlaid on all surfaces, eight-day time and strike movement with two iron weights and brass-faced pendulum, ht. 93 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-06-02
