E. Howard & Co. No. 77 Floor Clock

Description:

E. Howard & Co. No. 77 Floor Clock, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1890, with a carved grotesque mask within the Gothic top section flanked by seated griffins, 14-in. silvered brass, round Arabic numeral dial signed E. Howard & Co./Boston, pierced hands and seconds bit all framed with carved spandrels on the dial door, below a round-top beveled glass waist door, carved petal transition molding, raised panel and molded base, eight-day, time and strike movement with dead-beat escapement, maintaining power and two brass-cased weights, damascened pendulum bob, wooden rod, and pendulum tie-down, ht. 8 ft. 10 in.

Note: A silvered plate on the clock reads: "J.N. Faithorn/from/Western Freight Association Friends/Chicago/Oct. 12, 1890." By descent to Charles W. Faithorn.
Estimate $8,000-12,000


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