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Antique Timepieces
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MAHOGANY TALLCASE/GRANDFATHER CLOCK THREE MELODIES TALL CASE (GRANDFATHER) CLOCK COLONIAL MFG. COMANY EIGHT DAY DURATION THREE MELODIES WESTMINSTER, ST. MICHAELS AND WHITTINGTON I AM PLEASED TO OFFER YOU THIS BEAUTIFUL, ANTIQUE ( SIXTY YEAR OLD), THREE WEIGHT MAHOGANY TALL CASE CLOCK. THIS GRANDFATHER CLOCK WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED DURING THE 1930-1940'S IN IOWA. I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE CLOCK FROM A DENVER ESTATE. THE CASE IS OF FLAME MAHOGANY,
AND HAS A BEAUTIFUL (ORIGINAL) HAND RUBBED PATINA. THERE ARE TWIST COLUMNS
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GLASS DOOR. THE FRET WORK COVERING THE GLASS DOOR
IS MAHOGANY AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NOTE THE GRACEFUL ARCH WITH
A FLAME FINIAL.
THE DIAL (OR FACE) IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, IT IS SILVERED BRASS WITH ARABIC NUMERALS THIS CLOCK PLAYS EITHER WESTMINSTER, ST. MICHAELS OR WHITTINGTON MELODIES ON CHIME RODS ON THE QUARTERS AND THEN STRIKES THE HOUR SOUNDS JUST GREAT. AS WITH ALL OF THEIR TOP OF THE LINE CLOCKS, THE EARLY COLONIAL CLOCK COMPANY USED HIGH END GERMAN OR HERSCHEDE CLOCK MOVEMENTS. THE MOVEMENT IN THIS CLOCK IS A HIGH QUALITY URGOS; IS OF EIGHT DAYS DURATION, CHAIN DRIVEN, AND HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETELY OVERHAULED. THE CHIMES CAN BE TURNED OFF. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BRASS WEIGHTS AND PENDULUM ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE
MOVEMENT HAS A ONE YEAR WARRANTY.
HEIGHT: 83 INCHES (7')
PRICE: REDUCED
FROM $2,300.00 TO ONLY $1,800.00
FOR OUT OF STATE WE SUGGEST USING "FREIGHTERS AND CRATERS" THE PREMIER SHIPPING OPERATION.
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