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Riley Whiting Stenciled Columns and Splat Shelf Clock

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$431$350
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2802TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 21, 2015 12:00PM

Description:

Riley Whiting Stenciled Columns and Splat Shelf Clock, Manchester, Connecticut, c. 1835, mahogany case with stenciled eagle splat and floral half-columns, painted wood Roman numeral dial with raised gilt decoration, lower reverse-painted tablet depicting a Capital building and street scene, case label inside reading in part Clocks Made and Sold by Riley Whiting, resting on turned feet, wood, thirty-hour time and strike movement powered by two cast iron weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 27 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

original stenciling, lower tablet with in painting, hands replaced, losses to label.


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Keywords

Splat Shelf Clock, a Capital, Connecticut, Manchester, Riley Whiting