E. & G. Bartholomew Stenciled Column Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1840, painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals and gilt corners flanked by stenciled columns and capped with a stenciled splat and pineapple finials, reverse-painted tablet with a country scene within a gilt border, printed maker’s label inside case, carved paw feet, thirty-hour time and strike wooden movement with pendulum and iron weights, ht. 29 in.
Condition report
Condition: slight crack on clear upper glass; painted glass is original with some inpainting, dial, movement undisturbed.
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