Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
John Page Walnut Tall Clock, Ipswich, England, c. 1790, with solid arched fret above the freestanding columns with brass capitals, composite brass dial with matted center, boss reading John Page/Ipswich, and calendar aperture, silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, cast brass spandrels, and strike/silent in arch, waist door with arched top and banded inlay, all resting on a stepped molded base, brass, eight-day, time and hour strike movement, with two brass-cased weights and pendulum, ht. 87 in.
Estimate $2,500-4,500
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