Antique American Clocks                      January 2020

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419.    $100

Société Clusienne marble portico clock with side pieces, ca. 1850.  A pink and yellow marble stand with metal ornamentation and two matching urn side pieces.  The marble is in fine condition, with no chips or cracks on the clock or the side pieces.  Parts of the metal decorative finials have been repainted, while other parts are brass.  There is a decorated porcelain dial with elaborate gold hands; there is some chipping to the dial at the rate adjustment arbor.  The dial glass is beveled and convex.  The 8-day time and half-hour strike movement is signed S.C.A.P.H. Cluses with Made in France at the bottom.  It is running and striking, keeping time, regulated by a French sunburst pendulum bob.  The clock is 16 inches high, the urn sidepieces 10.5 inches.  $100-$150.

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