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Luman Watson , Cincinnati Shelf Clock with Portrai

Luman Watson, Cincinnati Shelf Clock with Portrait of Vice President Richard Johnson Tablet, painted and gilt wooden dial with Roman on chapter ring, outer minute ring marked with ticks, bold every 5 minutes, raised gilt scroll work in spandrels and floral garland center, illustrated printed paper label on interior with eagle in flight with ribbon […]

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Luman Watson Cincinnati Shelf Clock,

Luman Watson Cincinnati Shelf Clock, 30-hour time and strike, weight-driven, CT-type wooden works. Painted wooden dial, Arabic numerals, spiral gilt center and scrollwork spandrels. Original red and black grained case, stenciled half columns and scroll-cut splat. Original mirrored tablet . Original finish and paper label. 17″ wide x 6″ deep x 35.25″ high.Ex Paul A. […]

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Luman Watson Cincinnati Shelf Clock,

Luman Watson Cincinnati Shelf Clock, 30-hour time and strike, weight-driven, Cincinnati type wooden works. Gold-painted wooden dial, Arabic numerals, central floral motif and scrollwork floral spandrels. Mahogany case with black painted half columns and mahogany veneered scroll-cut splat. Replaced mirrored tablet, using old glass, original paper label; 16.75″ wide x 6″ deep x 35.25″ high.As […]

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Luman Watson Shelf Clock

Luman Watson Shelf Clock, made in Cincinnati, circa 1840-50. 30 hour time & strike wooden works, painted wood dial with Arabic numerals in mahogany case with ebonized 1/2 columns, scrolled pediment. Mirrored lower door, paper label on interior. 16.75″ w. x 6″ deep x 35.25″ h.Condition:Replaced mirror, and refinished VG-. Images Click on thumbnails to […]

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Cincinnati, Ohio Shelf Clock by Luman Watson,

Cincinnati, Ohio Shelf Clock by Luman Watson, bearing most of its original paper label. In a mahogany and poplar case retaining its original grain-painted decoration; with applied half columns and a scroll-cut crest retaining their original gold stenciling. Appears to retain its original reverse-painted tablet depicting a country church with a stenciled border. Wooden, 30-hour […]

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Luman Watson, Cincinnati, Ohio Shelf Clock,

Luman Watson, Cincinnati, Ohio Shelf Clock, with a 30-hour wooden movement and a polychrome-painted and gilt dial with floral decoration inside the chapter ring and in the spandrels. In a magogany vase with scroll-cut crest, central finial, and ebonized and stenciled half columns. Retains traces of original gold-stenciled decoration and part of its original paper […]

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