AMER WINTER 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.
FEDERAL BIRCH TALL CASE CLOCK.Circa 1810. The bonnet with molded swans neck pediment applied with carved rosettes alternating with ball and spire brass finials on pediments above the arched frieze. The conforming glass panel door flanked by Doric columns with brass capitals and bases, the iron painted dial nicely decorated in the arch with a fanciful bird in a floral spray within a wreath, additionally with floral spandrels centering Roman and Arabic numeral chapter rings,a sweep seconds subsidiary dial over time, strike and calendar apertures. The eight day brass movement striking on a bell with engraved "OSBORNE" back plate. The waisted case with plain throat and thumb-molded door above the box base on molded plinth raised on bracket feet with scalloped returns. Clock is offered with pendulum, brass cased weights, winder and key. All three finials present. NOTE: Affixed to the interior panel door is a typed history of ownership listing all names and dates from the original to the current owner compiled by the then owner in 1955. SIZE: 87-3/4" h x 14" throat w x 10-1/2" d. PROVENANCE: From a Downeast Maine coastal home, by descent through the family. CONDITION: Case surface with old mahoganized finish. Bonnet door glass early replacement, finials appear old if not original, outer pediments in need of re-seating, otherwise good. Painted dial original, Roman numerals with some re-paint. Movement appears to have been cleaned and refurbished over time. One side window in bonnet with cracked glass panel. 49739-5 HMG (1,200-1,800)