Birge & Fuller Detached Fusee OG Clock

Birge & Fuller Detached Fusee OG Clock

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$800 – $1,200[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$250[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]

Birge & Fuller Detached Fusee OG Mantle Clock. 5.5 in. painted metal dial with black Roman hour numerals and blue painted filigree at the corners; brass 8 day detached double fusee movement has an hour strike on a coiled gong and long drop brass covered pendulum bob, movement signed Birge & Fuller, Bristol, Conn. U.S.A. In a mahogany OG style case with reverse painted tablet in the door, original paper label in the back for John Birge, Bristol, Conn. Case has an original finish w/ minor veneer losses, some light wear to the reverse painting, minute hand is repaired, strike mechanism does not work; time mechanism is running properly. 23.25 in. high x 14 in. wide x 4 in. deep.