$5,535
Elaborately Inlaid Mahogany Chime Clock, America, c. 1900, pagoda-top hood over the freestanding, stop-fluted, cast brass Corinthian columns, fabric-backed pierced side sound frets, composite brass dial with raised Arabic numerals, silvered chapter ring, silvered seconds dial within the engraved center, cast brass spandrels, Chime/Silent and Whittington/Cambridge Chimes subsidiary dials in the arch, fully inlaid floral and ribbon, crossbanded waist door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter-columns with cast brass acanthus leaf capitals, inset paneled lower section with shell inlaid ovolo corners, inlaid classical urn and floral decoration, the base with scroll feet and scroll apron, eight-day, brass, three-train, weight-powered, quarter-chiming on eight bells movement, powered by three brass-cased weights and regulated by cylindrical lead pendulum bob, ht. 109 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25