A late 18th century Pennsylvania tall clock with

A late 18th century Pennsylvania tall clock with

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$12,000 – $16,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$9,500[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]Nov 20, 2021, 2021[/restrict]

Frederick Maus, Philadelphia, a late 18th century tall clock with automata, the mahogany case with paneled base on squat ogee bracket feet below a trunk with engaged, fluted quarter columns flanking a door with shaped top, the bonnet with four fluted columns, break arch door, acanthus carving, cavetto and dentil molded cornice, and deeply molded swan neck pediment with carved rosettes, urn and flame finials, and central reeded plinth with crown finial, signed roman numeral white painted dial with gilt spandrels, the center with date chapter, birds, and floral ornament, pierced, blued steel hands with brass date indicator, the arch with a windmill, the sails rotating as the clock strikes, a building at the left with black figure appearing in the doorway when the clock strikes, and a couple on a see saw above 12:00, rocking as the clock runs, 8 day two train brass movement striking on a bell, with cast iron weights and brass clad pendulum