$400
Birge, Mallory & Co. Miniature Triple-decker Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1845, mahogany case with carved gesso and gilded fruit basket splat, turned, gilded, and smoke-grained columns flanking the wooden dial with Roman numerals, gilt spandrels and center, midsection reverse-painted tablet flanked by freestanding gilt columns, lower section with half columns and door framing a reverse-painted tablet with a rural scene, thirty-hour, strap brass movement stamped BM&Co , brass-faced pendulum bob and two iron weights, ht. 26 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-10-28