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15" Silvered dial has the typical outside chapter ring for the minutes with Arabic 5 minute markers and a black minute marker chapter ring, small subsidiary hour dial with bold black Roman hour numerals and a subsidiary seconds bit with 10 second Arabic second markers and black second chapter ring. Quality brass time only movement, dead beat escapement, steel pendulum shaft with an oval cut glass mercurial compensating pendulum jar, and a quality brass weight and brass pulley. Tarnished dial, bezel, escape levers and crutch, broken suspension spring. In a "D" style walnut case with an arched pediment crest centered with a figural lion's head; has burled panels and scrolled corbels. Arched heavy glass door with a frosted Greek key border and reverse painted with gold leaf letter at the bottom of the door "Established 1892", mirrored back. Door glass is cracked, in original finish, missing 3 finials on the top and missing the base. There is no mercury in the pendulum jar.

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  • 33"W x 87"H x 12"D

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November 21, 2009 10:00 AM EST
Pittsfield, MA, US

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