DESCRIPTION:
John Law, Beith, (Scotland) tall case clock, 8 day, time, bell strike with calendar, weight driven movement in a mahogany case with broken arch top, fluted rosettes, carved gilded flame finial, fluted corner columns with carved tops flanking hood over a trunk with contoured door top, flanked by top fluted corner columns with carved tops on a base with straight bracket feet. The brass engraved dial has a silvered chapter ring, engraved spandrels and dial center, calendar aperture at 6, sweep second's and signature boss. The unusual calendar mechanism displays both date and month, with specialized marking to indicate 30 or 31 days, in two apertures.
CONDITION:
the case retains an old finish. There is an old repair at the joint between the left arch and the return molding. There is an age split on left side of arch in the hood door which has split the glass.
ESTIMATE:
$1000
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$1500
PRICE SOLD:
$450
DIMENSIONS: 88in x 19in x 9in
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