Joseph Nye Dunning Mahogany Wall Regulator

Description:

Joseph Nye Dunning Mahogany Wall Regulator, Burlington, Vermont, c. 1835, 10-in. painted iron dial with Roman numerals, steel spade hands, tapered and serpentine-shaped waist section, concave lower door and pedestal below, eight-day brass time only movement with brass-faced pendulum and iron weight, ht. 34 in.

A closely related example can be found in Paul J. Foley, Willard's Patent Timepieces, p. 104.
Estimate $10,000-12,000

Dial cleaned and relined, replacement minute hand and weight baffle, evidence of central weight baffle now gone, refinished.

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