Herschede Pattern 83 High Gothic Tall Case Clock,

Herschede Pattern 83 High Gothic Tall Case Clock, silvered and brass dial with Arabic on silvered chapter ring, outer minute ring marked with ticks, every 5 minutes with triangle, silvered seconds dial above center with Arabic every 10 seconds and silvered chimes or silent dial in upper left spandrels with silvered chimes set dial in upper right with selection of Westminster& Whittington, spandrels with cast brass scroll work, arched top with etched world hemispheres in silver, silvered calendar dial in arch with Arabic every 5 days and paint phases of the moon revolving dial with sailboat and mountain landscape, brass 8-day time, strike and chimes 3 weight driven movement with 9 tubular chimes, and original brass pendulum, mahogany case with waist door having Gothic window tracery, as do the side lights, flanked by pilasters with scrolled capitals, blocked base, bonnet with Gothic arched door and side lights with Gothic tracery and large central carved Gothic finial with carved Gothic spires at each corner, all in original finish, 16.5" x 26" x 102" high. ([Blackwell and Stoffers], 1991: 107) Condition report Minor veneer chips at base, currently running. We do not guarantee working order of clock.