Antique Grandfather\'s Clock, 8 Feet Tall, Hand Painted Face, Day Of Month Dial For Sale
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Antique Grandfather\'s Clock, 8 Feet Tall, Hand Painted Face, Day Of Month Dial:
$7500.00
modelname / number:not sure
size/ dimensions:8 feet tall
Antique grandfather clock in excellent condition, tells good time. Make, model, year uncertain partly due to not wanting to take clock apart enough to see if there\'s a manufacturer listed on the back of the movement. (Can\'t find manufacturer name anywhere else). Therefore it might be worth more than our selling price. Has been in our family for 60-80 years. Selling because we are selling the house.Excellent, nationally-known packer/shipper available in Santa Fe, so can ship NATIONWIDE; I will pay for shipping (probably $775-$1000) within continental US.Hereis an evaluation from an expert, based on the photos included here:Your clock posed a little challenge, for the reasons I mentioned. Namely, it is uncommon for a clock to have thegeneral case style and mechanical arrangement (as yours does), of clocks that were in vogue in the 1700s and early to mid 1800s, with the swan neck pediment, etc, but at the same time, having the large glass in the main trunk door. This much I gathered from our initial conversation.This clock does not appear in the standard reference books that discuss eras, case and movement styles. Among its early style elements, commonly seen on 18th and 19th century \"tall case\" clocks (sometimes referred to as \"English bell-striker\", is the inclusion of the seconds hand dial above the dial center, and the calendar dial below.Yet, the wood and finish, the glass door, the presence of the spiral gong (instead of a large bell on top), and the dial painting style are very much of a later era. This clock however does not appear to be a \"marriage\"; i.e., made from parts of multiple old clocks.Further research shows that your clock is a 20th century production, made in England, most likely in the 1920s to1930s. It\'s possible, if not likely that the dial has been repainted at some point, and the original manufacturer\'s name lost at that time. An additional comment is that the clock that it emulates; namely a circa 1790s to early 1800s \"tall case\" clock,would have been made entirely by hand, whereas this clock (given its later era) would have been factory made.Further research as to possible value might be facilitated by looking at completed sale listings with keywords such as \"reproduction tall case clock\", \"replica grandfather clock\", or other variants of those and other words. In England, this style, were it to be an original 200 to 300 year old clock, would be called \"longcase clock\".... If you\'d like to research possible original manufacturers, you can apply those same keywords but add \"NAWCC\". This might turn up some discussion about similar products....I realized I haven\'t commented on rarity. In general, these clocks, that is to say later production but with brass & steel movements that are faithful replicas of much earlier tall case clocks, are not commonly seen. At least not in this country in general and in the southwest in particular.Thankyou,
Andrew Baron
Alpine Clock Repair, LLC
Santa Fe