Riley Whiting Stenciled Half Column Shelf Clock, painted and gilt wooden dial with Roman on chapter ring, inner minute ring marked with ticks, bold every 5 minutes, spandrels with raised gilt scroll work, 30-hour wooden time and strike weight driven movement, interior with printed paper label Modern Improved/Clocks/Made And Sold By/Riley Whiting/Winchester, Conn. with directions, door with original tablet with three birds on tree and grape arbor, eating the fruit with gilt and black surround, mahogany case in original varnish finish with ebonized and gold stenciled half columns and crest, crest with flanking cornucopia with fruit, flanked by mahogany plinths, front carved claw feet with acanthus knees, rear in turned mahogany, 5.2″ x 16.8″ x 29.5″ high.
Condition report
Slight loss to dial, tablet with ca 85% paint, missing finials, currently running. We do not guarantee working order of clocks.
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