$5,843
American Renaissance Revival Oak Tall Clock, retailed by H. Muhr's & Sons, Philadelphia, c. 1880-95, the crest with central grotesque mask, two urn-form finials above arched hood with gadrooning and egg-and-dart molding, and glazed and beveled door enclosing 12 1/2-in. brass and steel dial with silvered chapter ring with applied Roman numerals, raised silvered seconds bit, and chime/silent indicator, inscribed "H. Muhr's & Sons, Philadelphia," and painted with two full moons and landscapes in arch, the waisted section with glazed and beveled door flanked by carved stiles surmounted by panther's heads, on base relief-carved with a tavern scene, with eight-day movement quarter-chiming on four gongs, with pendulum, three brass-cased weights, and keys, ht. 97, wd. 25 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-10-28
