Fine Mahogany Inlaid Tall Case Clock,
with poplar secondary wood and light and dark wood (possibly ebony) inlays. Broken scroll pediment with pierced fretwork, 4 fully turned columns, and dentilated molding. Tombstone door is trimmed with string inlay light and dark wood banding, and retains its original glass and key. Waist is cove-molded at the top and bottom, has canted corners with string inlay imitating reeding, and inlaid waves inside bands of light and dark wood. Crotch mahogany door has a cut-corner top and string inlay. Plinth has a crotch mahogany panel, string inlay, a scroll-cut skirt, and sits upon straight bracket feet. The movement is an English, brass, time and strike movement with a floral and scroll-painted dial. With old, probably original, weights, pendulum, and key. Probably Pennsylvania, or perhaps western Maryland, ca 1800-1820; 101" high x 24" wide x 11.25" deep.Ex Collection the Mary Kay Walter Family TrustSome losses and repair to fretwork and inlay, lacking rosettes, replaced door hinges, loss of some height to feet; still G+. We do not guarantee working order of clocks and watches.
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