1230 RILEY WHITING GRAIN PAINTED TALL CASE CLOCK.

Category Antiques
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 350.00 USD
Estimated at 700.00 - 900.00 USD
Winchester, CT. 1st quarter 19th century. The bonnet with swan’s neck pediment and arched door flanked by swelled colonettes joined to cove molded throat with arched door decorated with painted floral rondel. The cove molded box base featuring a painted demilune device with contrasting rays. The whole with simulated feathered graining in terracotta, brown, and mustard tones. The painted wood face nicely decorated with floral bouquets in the arch and at the corners centering Arabic numeral minutes and hours chapter rings. A seconds hand within the grape decorated subsidiary dial above time and strike apertures. "R. Whiting Winchester" within a painted banner at the center. SIZE: 86 1/2" h x 17" w (13" throat) x 10" d. CONDITION: painted and grained surfaces intact and vibrant. Wood face with fine paint and gilt decoration. Very good overall. (02-17844/TG). $700-900.