English Tall Case Clock with Thirty-hour Movement

Description:

English Tall Case Clock with Thirty-hour Movement, late 18th/early 19th century, painted metal clock face with Arabic hour and minute numerals, date aperture, painted with floral sprays and a parrot, and signed "Wainwright/Nottingham," movement further marked with impressed "ILSON BIRM," with a pendulum, in an oak case, the hood with a stepped molding and glass door flanked by brass-mounted columns, body with a central long door, approx. ht. 76 in.
Estimate $800-1,200

Lacking weights. Case restored and possibly rebuilt.



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