Walter Durfee Oak Grandfather Clock

Walter Durfee Oak Grandfather Clock

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$8,000 – $12,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$7,500[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]7:00 AM – Nov 17, 2012[/restrict]

Walter Durfee Oak Grandfather Clock. Brass dial has a 12 in. silvered chapter ring with incised black Roman hour numerals, fancy pierced hands, sub seconds dial, silvered silent-chime & 8 Bell-Westminster sub dials in the arch and pierced brass spandrels; dial signed on silvered plaque – Walter Durfee, Providence. Quality, weight driven, brass movement has Graham deadbeat escapement & retaining power; quarter hour strikes Westminster on 5 coiled gongs or it chimes on 8 steel bells, 3 quality brass weights and pulleys, brass pendulum bob with steel stick. Movement signed Walter Durfee, Providemce, RI. In an oak case with broken arch crest and rosettes on the bonnet, 3 brass finials, spiral turned side columns with brass capitols on the bonnet, body and base, beveled door glass and stands on carved claw feet. In very good condition and a clean original finish. A very nice example. 99 in. high x 23 in. wide x 14 in. deep.