402.    $1200

Black Forest bracket chime, ca. 1880?  A large table clock, 21.5 inches high, 13.75 inches wide and 10.5 inches deep in highly carved and darkly stained oak, typical of the style.  Old glass in the door, elaborate ormolu fretwork over a multi-part brass dial in good condition (might need a bit of polishing).  There is a horizontal shrinkage crack across the top pediment in front.  Plays Westminster chimes on four cathedral gongs and strikes the hours on a fifth gong.  Running and striking, 8 days.   $1500-$1800.