William Orton Prestons & Co. Triple Decker Full Column Clock,
painted wooden dial with Roman on chapter ring, outer minute ring marked with ticks, every 5 minutes bold, open center escapement, revealing unusual 8-day brass time and strike weight driven movement with circular plate, with interior illustrated printed paper label with spread-winged eagle with rayed background and E. Pluribus Unum above, clutching arrows and olive branch in one talon and U.S. shield in the other over Eight-Day/Brass/Clocks/Manufactured/By/William Orton Prestons & Co./Farmington, Conn. with directions below, 2 beveled doors with upper divided into 2 sections with fine replaced lower painted tablet with Greek Revival country estate scene, lower door with replaced painted Italianate country estate, mahogany and mahogany veneered case with 2 full turned and taped columns on upper section with stepped out base with ogee plinths flanking door and cove moulded base, crest with cove moulding, 6.3" x 19.5" x 34.25" high. Condition report Cleaned original finish, minor veneer chips, currently running. We do not guarantee working order of clocks.
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