$14,400
Walter Durfee Tubular Bell Chime Clock, Providence, Rhode Island, c. 1885, scroll-top mahogany case with freestanding ropetwist columns on hood, trunk, and base, fan carving in arch of trunk door, raised panel base on paw feet, engraved brass dial with applied silvered chapter ring, raised gilt Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, strike/silent and chime selection dials, maker's boss signed Walter H. Durfee & Co. , Providence , nine nickel-plated tubular bells marked Walter Durfee Co. PROV. R.I. , eight-day time, strike, and Westminster or eight-bells chime, three brass-cased weights and a pendulum, ht. 102 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-02