4-Train/15 Bell Gothic Revival Period Hall Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$10,000 – $20,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmidt’s Antiques Inc. Since 1911[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$8,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Oct 01, 2022[/restrict]
A Rare 4-train, 6 tune late 19th century Gothic Revival Period hall clock. High quality 4-train movement, probably by Elliott with thick Brass plates and 6 turned posts, features a choice of 6 tunes, with quarter hour striking on a nest of 15 bells with 18 hammers or 5 coiled gongs, arched Brass dial with painted moon phases and engraved hemispheres, a Silvered chapter ring with Arabic numerals, Silvered seconds dial and lower date aperture, with subsidiary dials for Silent/Strike Hours/Full Strike, Music/Silent, Chime/Silent and Easter Hymn/Auld Langsyne/Jolly Young Waterman/Blue Bells Of Scotland/Home Sweet Home/The Harp That Once Thro'Taras Halls tune selector, retailed by "Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia" with cast Gilded spandrels. Carved Mahogany Gothic Revival Period case, attributed to R. J. Horner, New York, features a molded arch with carved foliate detail over a molded crown and sharp Gothic arches on the frieze over an arched molded dial door with beveled glass flanked by fluted columns with carved capitols, hinged fretwork side doors, over a shaped body with foliate panels and a glazed panel with bobbin turned grill and beveled glass lower door and raised panel sides on a paneled base with carved linen fold pilasters above a heavily molded plinth. Older refinishing with some wear, needs weight cables, running when cataloged. 93" high overall. ESTIMATE $10,000-20,000 NOTE: Copy & paste this link into your web browser to view a short video of the clock running: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KoKr80sDo