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Antique American Clocks                      July 2021

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83.      $400

Lenzkirch two-weight Vienna, ca. 1875.  A beautiful 48-inch case with light walnut veneer on the front and ebony trim and carved ornaments; note the bookleaf diagonal graining on the backboard, perfectly matched and spectacular. The door glass is old.  The porcelain dial is flawless, the hands appropriate, with a replaced/broken seconds hand.  Two brass weights and a large brass bob, the movement signed with the serial number 402837, dating the movement to around 1875 (depending on which reference source you believe).  It is running and striking on a wire gong on the hours and half-hours.  $400-$800.

 

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