FLOOR (GRANDMOTHER) CLOCK

(ITEM # C-273)

THIS ELEGANT FLOOR CLOCK WITH, IT'S NARROW WAIST, PAINTED DIAL AND BIM-BAM CHIMES, WAS MADE IN AMERICA IN THE LATE 1920'S OR 1930'S.

THE CASE IS MAHOGANY AND IS OF A MODIFIED CHIPPENDALE STYLE.

IT HAS A BROKEN ARCH PEDIMENT WITH A WOODEN FINIAL.

THE GLASS DOOR, WHICH SHOWS THE STICK PENDULUM, HAS ATTRACTIVE LATTICE WORK-AND AS WITH THE REST OF THE CLOCK, IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

NOTE THE BRACKET FEET.

THE MAHOGANY CASE PATINA IS WONDERFUL AND WAS PROBABLY HAND RUBBED.

THE DIAL WAS HAND PAINTED ON TIN. AND AS WITH MOST TIN DIALS, THERE IS SOME PAINT FLAKING.

TO ACCOMMODATE THE NARROW WAIST, AN EIGHT DAY SPRING DRIVEN MOVEMENT WAS USED. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

DIMENSIONS:

75 ½ INCHES HIGH

15 ½ INCHES WIDE

8 ½ INCHES DEEP