Walter Durfee Oak 9 Tube Grandfather Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$10,000 – $15,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$7,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]
Walter Durfee Oak 9 Tube Grandfather Clock. Large brass dial has a 12 in. silvered chapter ring with applied brass hour numbers, silvered sub seconds dial, moon phase with silvered arch, sub dials for Chime/Silent & Westminster/Eight Bells, fancy engraved gilt back plate, pierced hands and signed by the retailer ÂJ.E. Caldwell, Phiadelphia, PAÂ; brass weight driven movement has Graham deadbeat escapement, retaining power, quality brass weights, pulleys and pendulum bob with wood stick, signed on the moon phase disc ÂWalter H. Durfee, RIÂ and has 9 silvered tubes signed ÂWalter H. Durfee & Co. Providence, RIÂ. In an excellent carved oak case with broken arched pediment crest having turned finials, filigree carving and rosettes with long fluted columns on the bonnet; the body of the case has fancy shaped beveled glasses on the front door and sides with long fluted pilasters & filigree carving, stands on carved claw feet. Quarter sawn oak case is in very good condition with a French polished finish. 96 in. high x 24 in. wide x 18 in. deep.