Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2444Location: BostonDate / Time: February 15, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Federal Mahogany Tall Clock by Samuel Mulliken, Salem, Massachusetts, scroll top, brass stop-fluted freestanding columns flanking the 12 in. painted iron "Osborne" dial, with country scene in the arch, plural spandrels, Roman numerals, and signed Sam.l Mulliken, tombstone-shaped door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns, raised panel base on a two-stage base molding, eight-day time and strike movement with rack and snail, two tin-cased weights, and pendulum with wooden rod, ht. 90 1/2 in.
Estimate $6,000-8,000
Scrolls repaired but original, case refinished and lacking feet, period pendulum and weights.