Triple-Decker Shelf Clock by Birge & Ives, Bristol, Connecticut, with carved eagle splat, carved columns flanking the painted wooden dial with Roman numerals, looking glass midsection and lower door with reverse-painted tablet, maker’s label inside backboard, replacement New Haven eight-day time and strike movement with two weights and pendulum, ht. 36 in.
Condition report
Condition: case elements need re-gluing, columns and lower door need re-attachment, lower glass is the remains of the original, movement is a replacement.
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