Lot Essay
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MID 19TH CENTURY
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A BLACK FOREST MAHOGANY MUSICAL ORGAN LONGCASE CLOCK
MID 19TH CENTURY
THE CASE WITH RECTANGULAR PLINTH SIMULATING TWO SMALL DOORS SURMOUNTED BY THE RECTANGULAR TRUNK DOOR, THE HOOD WITH ARCHED PEDIMENT AND WITH A PIERCED GILT-METAL MOUNT DEPICTING TWO WINGED MAIDENS PLAYING FLUTES, AND WITH PIERCED SHAPED SOUND-FRETS, CENTRAL CREAM-PAINTED ROMAN DIAL WITH PIERCED BLACK PAINTED HANDS, THE WEIGHT-DRIVEN WOODEN MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT STRIKING ON A GONG AND WITH A MECHANICAL ORGAN ABOVE, PLAYING EIGHT TUNES ON 33 PIPES VIA A 37CM. LONG WOODEN BARREL, AN ENAMEL DISC ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOVEMENT NUMBERED 1-8 FOR TUNE SELECTION, THE CASE POSSIBLY DUTCH
273CM. HIGH
MID 19TH CENTURY
THE CASE WITH RECTANGULAR PLINTH SIMULATING TWO SMALL DOORS SURMOUNTED BY THE RECTANGULAR TRUNK DOOR, THE HOOD WITH ARCHED PEDIMENT AND WITH A PIERCED GILT-METAL MOUNT DEPICTING TWO WINGED MAIDENS PLAYING FLUTES, AND WITH PIERCED SHAPED SOUND-FRETS, CENTRAL CREAM-PAINTED ROMAN DIAL WITH PIERCED BLACK PAINTED HANDS, THE WEIGHT-DRIVEN WOODEN MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT STRIKING ON A GONG AND WITH A MECHANICAL ORGAN ABOVE, PLAYING EIGHT TUNES ON 33 PIPES VIA A 37CM. LONG WOODEN BARREL, AN ENAMEL DISC ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOVEMENT NUMBERED 1-8 FOR TUNE SELECTION, THE CASE POSSIBLY DUTCH
273CM. HIGH