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Description
Brass Skeleton Clock, 19th c., time and strike, with a fusee movement, presented in a glass dome om a stepped marble base, with a pendulum, Clock- H.- 15 1/2 in., W.- 9 7/8 in., D.- 5 in.; Base- H.- 2 1/2 in., W.- 14 in., D.- 6 1/4 in.; Dome- Int. H.- 17 1/8 in., Int. W.- 11 1/2 in., Int.- D.- 6 1/4 in. Provenance: The Estate of Jay Calamia, property from the Dufour-Plassan House, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Condition
Striking example. In overall very good condition and in theoretical working order: it ticks and winds with pendulum movement. Metal elements and mechanisms exhibit little wear and retain excellent patination with very little oxidation. The bolts on the bronze foot mounts are slightly loose. Numerals have a little rubbing. The stepped marble base and the bottom of the glass dome have some scattered nicks and chips. The marble feet have been re-affixed.
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Brass Skeleton Clock, 19th c., Clock- H.- 15 1/2 in., W.- 9 7/8 in., D.- 5 in.; Base- H.- 2 1/2 in.,
Estimate $400 - $800
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Important May Estates Auction: Session II
New Orleans, LA, USA
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