An R. Smith & Co. Empire Shelf Clock



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Sold Price: [Subscribe to view] Sold Date: 6:00 AM PT - Sep 27th, 2008

with a mahogany and mahogany veneer case, a tray molded cornice and carved paw front feet, an eight day movement, the face painted with elaborate gilt decoration, the lower door tablet a reverse painted glass with St. Luke’s Church, Hudson St., New York, “a done-over very poor tablet” according to an accompanying note, and bearing a paper label for R. Smith & Co., The Bowery, New York. 24 1/2″ high, 19 1/2″ wide, 6 1/2″ deep. Clock has original pendulum, but no weights.

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