Sale 5158
London, South Kensington
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12 December 2007
Price realised
GBP 1,250
Estimate
An American mahogany Gothic frame-on-frame clock with wagon spring drive Birge & Fuller, Bristol, CT. Second quarter 19th Century The painted dial with convex chapters and blued steel hands, the movement with iron leaf springs and levers with brass chain to iron pulleys, anchor escapement and countwheel strike on gong; pendulum 26in. (66cm.) high
Provenance
The Odmark Collection, 11 March 2005
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