Mahogany Regulator Wall Clock by J. N. Dunning, Burlington, Vermont, c. 1835, with turned and glazed wooden bezel over the 10 1/4 in. dia. painted iron Roman dial faintly signed J. N. Dunning, removable serpentine waist section, lower concave box door and molded pedestal, eight-day brass timepiece with iron weight and brass-faced pendulum bob, ht. 34 1/2 in.
A closely related unsigned example is illustrated in Paul Foley, Willard’s Patent Timepieces, pg. 104.
Condition report
Condition: Case refinished, lacking waist section weight baffle, object left section of pedestal repaired, movement in overhauled condition, period hands, weight, pendulum rod and bob, dial in undisturbed condition.
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