196.    $900

R.A. Braithwaite Scottish drum-head tall case, ca. 1830.  A beautiful 81-inch mahogany case with a fine furniture finish, a crack or two but no loss of veneer, and a carved scroll crest and shoulder.  The waist door is bowed, the dial glass convex, the painted convex metal dial signed R.A. Braithwaite, possibly a jeweler as I cannot find information on Brathwaite as a clockmaker; it appears to have been repainted.  The dial is stamped Finimore & Sons on the back.  The gold bezel inside the dial door is painted wood and may not be original to the clock; the door is hinged at the top.  The 8-day, time-only brass plate movement is driven by a single compounded weight and regulated by a heavy pendulum bob; it is running.  There is a description of the clock on the inside of the waist door.  A nice example.  $1000-$2000.

 UPDATE:  Mike Petrillo has informed me that this clock is not all original; while the case is correct, the movement is a replacement, including the dial, weights, and pendulum.  Well, it still looks darn nice!