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Fri, Jan 13, 2012 09:00AM EST
Lot 839

Important Philadelphia Queen Anne walnut tall case

Estimate: $35,000 - $55,000
Sold for
$118,500
Sold Price includes BP

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$500,000 $50,000
Important Philadelphia Queen Anne walnut tall case clock, mid 18th c., the sarcophagus bonnet with ball and spire finials and open fretwork enclosing an eight-day works with brass face, signed Edw. Duffield, Philadelphia, above a case with an arched door and bracket feet. This clock, from one of Philadelphia's earliest and best known makers, remains in a remarkable state of preservation with its original finials, fretwork, full sarcophagus, and feet, as well as an old dry surface, 101" h. Provenance: A New Jersey Educational Institution.

Condition

Parts: pendulum, weights, winder. Losses to surface of dial. Side glass panes cracked. Patch to one rear foot facing. Bottom board broken from weights falling. Otherwise in excellent original condition. Pook & Pook, Inc. does not guarantee clocks to be complete or in working condition.