24.                   $500

E. & G.W. Bartholomew hollow column, 1829-1833.  Cousins Eli and George built mostly smaller wooden works clocks (see three examples below), but hollow columns like this go for a premium price.  The clock stands 37.5 inches tall including the brass urn finials.  The mahogany veneer is good but the finish is dark and patinated; it stands on large paw feet in front and turned feet in back.  The gilded eagle splat looks original with appropriate wear, as does the gilding on the capitals and plinths of the large hollow columns; the black columns may have been repainted.  The smaller inner columns look like they have been repainted. The dial glass is original, I suspect the middle glass has been repainted but did not remove it for inspection.  The lower glass is held in place with wooden strips and is likely a repaint and replacement.  The ivory escutcheon on that door is missing a piece and the latch does not work.  The wooden dial is a problem here.  This is the proper dial for this clock, but the original winding holes were filled and new ones drilled; the new holes do not match the winding arbors on the movement.  This dial was probably adapted for another clock, or a different movement in this clock.  The 30-hour wooden time-and-strike movement is the proper movement and is found in other examples, so I suspect that a replacement movement was fitted to this clock and the dial “fixed”, but now that the proper movement has been restored, the dial needs to be restored as well.  The hands are appropriate and period.  The movement runs for a while and strikes, driven by two 7 lb lead weights that have been painted black.  I doubt that they are original to this clock.  There is an old pendulum bob and a good label on the backwall.  AAC sold a similar example a year ago for $750.  $500–$1000.