Durfee Pattern 42 Quarter Sawn Oak Tall Case Clock silvered and brass dial with marked with retailer's name Wright Kay & Co./Detroit,
applied brass Arabic on chapter ring, outer minute ring marked with ticks, silvered seconds dial above center with Arabic every 10 seconds, set in central floral scroll engraved brass center with matching spandrels, two secondary silvered dials in upper spandrels with left having Silent/Chimes and right with Westminster/Chimes Eight Bells, silvered tombstone top with engraved hemispheres with English country scenes, and arched silvered days of month in Arabic with painted phase of the moon dial with sailing ship scene. Attributed Elliot Brass 8-day time, strike, day, and chime triple-weight driven works with nine tube chimes, signed Durfee and original pendulum, highly carved solid quarter sawn oak case with arched waist door with beveled glass, paneled sides and base with full spiral turned columns with cast brass Corinthian capitals and bases, with carved cove moulding and lion paw feet. Bonnet with matching spiral columns and brass capitals and bases with broken arch with rosette carved terminals and central brass finial, flanked by 2 slightly smaller brass finials, in original varnish finish, 17" x 27" x 101" high. (Duy Ly, 1994: 153 & 144, fig. 365) Condition report Some of the details are different from the example illustrated in Duy Ly, but all original with this case known in several variations, currently running. We do not guarantee working order of clocks.
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