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Lot 619
John Barr Scottish Tall Case Clock
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Port Glasgow, circa 1770, brass time and strike movement, the brass dial with applied rococo floral sprays and dolphins, the face with a silvered boss engraved JNO. BARR / PORT / GLASGOW, silvered chapter ring engraved with highlighted Roman numerals, seconds indicator, a date aperture below, engraved village scene with church spire within, mahogany and mahogany veneers, the arched bonnet with swan necks terminating in applied rosettes, three-quarter fluted Doric columns facing, the hood's rear with conforming quartered columns, shaped and beveled waist door surmounted by Chinese Chippendale fretwork, later bun feet.

88.5 x 19.75 x 10.25 in.

From the Richard & Patricia Ballard Collection, New Haven, CT

Estate condition consistent with age and use; drying cracks and nicks to the base; minor edge chips to the rosettes; overall scuffs; possibly replaced finial. See Terms and Conditions of Sale: Clocks and Watches

$2,000 - 3,000