$1,968
Paint-decorated Tall Case Clock, Twiss family, possibly Canada, c. 1830s, the hood with swan's neck cresting centering a plinth, above the glazed opening, white-painted wooden dial marked indistinctly "**&R. TWISS," with floral spandrels and a basket of flowers in the arch, and 30-hour pull-up wooden movement, above the waist and thumbmolded waist door, and molded base with tall cutout feet, surface simulating exotic wood grain and striped crossbanding, ht. 83 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-06-08