81.       $3000

English 8-bell fusee bracket clock.  This 25-inch mahogany-cased clock shows the retailer on the dial as “T.P. Bedilion · Pittsburgh”; Bedilion was a jeweler in Pittsburgh PA around 1890.   The gilded ornaments on this clock show some wear consistent with a turn-of-the-century date of manufacture, but the case is pristine and I would not have guessed it was that old.  There is slight wear on the silvered dial and chime setting dials.  The heavy brass triple-fusee movement is unsigned with a patterned back plate, a large heavy wire gong for the hour strike, and eight nested bells on which Westminster chimes plays on the quarter-hours; there is also a setting for a second chime that I don’t recognize.  You can listen to the chime here.  There is a stamp on the top of the gong mount “J&F.D”.  The clock is running and striking as expected; there are working keys for both doors.  Certainly the nicest bracket clock I have offered this year.  $3000-$5000.