261.            $250

Reproduction Chinese bracket clock, twentieth century. My consignor believes this is a reproduction and I agree, but it is well made.  The case is darkly stained but shows little-to-no wear; the glasses are modern.  It comes in three parts, a short base/table with a rotating platform, an ornately carved holder for the box clock, and the box clock itself.  Together they stand 25 inches tall.  The front panel and back panel slide up and off to access the dial and movement, but you set the hands with a knob in the back of the movement, so the front glass does not need to be removed.  The porcelain dial is convex, with fancy hands and a sweep-seconds hand, which is common to most Chinese bracket clocks.  The dial is seated on a highly inscribed metal plate with three Chinese characters at the top.  The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is also elaborately inscribed but does not show a maker’s mark or name.  It is running but the strike, which seems to be quarterly, sets but does not strike.  Original clocks sell for several thousand dollars, while reproductions sell for closer to $500 when the buyers recognize them as reproductions (as here, I believe).  $250–$500.