DESCRIPTION:
Unsigned, Connecticut and North Attleboro, Massachusetts, banjo wall clock, with poplar and mahogany veneered case, painted zinc roman numeral dial with moon hands, beveled flat frames enclosing the painted glasses, the waist glass flanked by brass side ornaments in black and gold, the lower glass, a later transfer and paint decorated American eagle perched on the American shield and olive branches, eight day brass movement with recoil escapement, lantern pinions, lead weight and pendulum.
CONDITION:
Lower glass is a replacement (should be a black and gold tablet similar to the waist), side ornaments are replacements, acorn finial gilding and lower box door hinge are modern, replacement wall hanger; this Attleboro clock case was undoubtedly fit up with a Connecticut wall clock movement at the time of manufacture.
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$500
PRICE SOLD:
$300
CIRCA: 1860
DIMENSIONS: 35in x 10in x 35in
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