Samuel Abbott Gilt Front Mirror Clock

Description:

Samuel Abbott Gilt Front Mirror Clock, Dover, New Hampshire, c. 1820, the pine gilt-front Empire looking glass with black and gilt columns flanking the painted iron Roman numeral dish dial signed Samuel Abbott, Dover, wooden gilt surround, bezel, and tabernacle crest with looking glass below, eight-day brass rack and snail, "rat-trap" movement with off-set pendulum suspension and two iron weights, ht. 36 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Original gilded and painted surface, case surface paint stable although raised, dial signature original but faint in areas, original hands, period weight and pendulum.


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