Clock Auction

Tiffany & Co. Makers Quarter-Chiming Brass Skeleton Clock

circa 1885
the pierced dial with silvered Arabic numerals, engraved "Tiffany & Co. Makers" and "Eight Bell, Westminster," the eight-day 2-train time, strike and quarter-hour chiming movement with eight bells and four gongs, dual rack and snail, chime pin barrel and a deadbeat escapement with two-jar mercurial pendulum, the body and gong stamped "Tiffany & Co. Makers, Patented Nov. 7th, 376," supported by a rosewood base with paw feet and an original glass dome
26 3/4 x 19 x 14 1/2 inches

Sold for $50,000