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Lot 239
Tall Case Clock, Richard Lear Pinhey, Plymouth Dock
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Early 19th century, appears to be figured maple case, yellow pine secondary, brass face with second hand and dated dial, Roman numerals, with spread-winged eagle and motto "Tempus Fugit," face engraved with floral, hound, and rabbit, brass works, hood with broken arch pediment featuring rosettes, plain frieze above a hinged tombstone door, case with hinged flush scratch beaded door, base with chamfered quarter columns, shaped skirt, on French bracket feet; with two weights, pendulum and case key.

97.5 x 18 x 11 in.

Appears to be a fine brass face by the English clockwork maker Lear Pinhey, set in a fine American Federal figured maple tall clock case with old surface.

Hood and waist door hinges replaced; yellow pine backboard lower left with insect loss and damage. Please See Terms and Conditions: Clocks and Watches.

$1,000 - 2,000