DESCRIPTION:
John Bailey, (Jr.), Hanover, Mass., 8 days, time and strike, weight driven skeletonized brass movement in a walnut Pennsylvania style case with broken arch and painted wooden dial signed by the maker, c1800
CONDITION:
the movement and case are by association. Bailey usually used brass or painted dials, but this dial is original to the movement and the signature looks correct, as on the other John Bailey skeletonized movements known. Dial decoration is copied from a c1790’s English dial. It has significant flaking. The broken arch top is later on the case. Ht 95" Width 20"
ESTIMATE:
$900
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$1200
PRICE SOLD:
$600
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