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Charles X Ormolu Figural Mantel Clock Second Quar

Charles X Ormolu Figural Mantel ClockSecond Quarter 19th CenturyHaving a two train movement striking on a bell with silk-suspended pendulum and outside countwheel, within a square ormolu case surmounted by a winged figure holding a scroll and a lyre raised on a rectangular base with applied putto and musical trophy decoration. Some verdigris to ormolu […]

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Two Veneered Shelf Clocks, a mahogany veneered "

Two Veneered Shelf Clocks, a mahogany veneered “sharp gothic” or steeple shelf clock with turned spires, painted zinc dial, painted glass with a bluebird and eight-day time and strike movement, (veneer losses on case), ht. 19 3/4 in., and a rosewood veneered cottage clock by Waterbury with painted zinc dial, looking glass in the door […]

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JEROME SHELF CLOCK. Ogee case with mahogany venee

JEROME SHELF CLOCK. Ogee case with mahogany veneer. Brass works with pendulum and weights. Paper label: “Thirty Hour Clocks, Jerome & Co. New Haven, Conn’. Reverse painted litho with fruit and foliage. 25 ?”h. Condition report Condition: Wear and veneer damage. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. […]

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ANTIQUE GERMAN EBONIZED WOOD/ONYX MANTEL CLOCK

ANTIQUE GERMAN EBONIZED WOOD & ONYX AUTOMATON MANTEL CLOCK, H 17″, W 10″:Brass face mounted with a man and woman sawing automaton; mirrored tablet; onyx flanking columns. As is condition. Condition report As is condition; much loss of patina (ebonizing); 1 winding key attacked to clock Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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Painted Shelf Clock by "Aaron Willard Boston," w

Painted Shelf Clock by “Aaron Willard Boston,” with 7 1/4 in. painted iron dial marked “Aaron Willard Boston,” freestanding columns flanking the waist section, lower door with reverse-painted tablet, on ball feet, eight-day weight-powered timepiece movement, (made of old parts), ht. 36 in. Condition report Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a […]

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Papier-mache and Mother-of-Pearl Shelf Clock by Bre

Papier-mache and Mother-of-Pearl Shelf Clock by Brewster Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Connecticut, with paint, gilt and mother-of-pearl decorated case, glazed door over the painted zinc dial with Roman numerals and floral corners, etched lower tablet, printed maker’s label inside, eight-day time and strike movement, ht. 17 in. Condition report Condition: Numerals on dial probably enhanced, no […]

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