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Jan 2021 - 247
Antique American Clocks
English tavern clock, ca. 1820?
Approximately 62 inches from finial tip to the bottom of the carved
base - you'll need plenty of room to hang this clock.
The case is quartered oak with burled English walnut insets and base.
The door glass is old, the dial glass likely a replacement.
The painted iron dial is original, signed "Kirk & Co., Limited,
Liverpool".
The brass plate, double-fusee movement is not signed or marked that I can see.
It is running and striking
on the hours a very large wire gong attached to the backwall.
The pendulum rod is metal, painted gold, with a heavy brass bob.
I like this clock more than I thought I would.
These are sometimes called "Act of Parliament" clocks because in 1797 a
five shillings
was imposed on clocks by the English Parliament, proving Ben Franklin's 1748 statement that "time is money".
The tax was repealed after 9 months.
$2000-$3000.
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