Collect: Americana

lot 67: overall presents nicely, with wonderful figuring to mahogany; the hood: with a few repaired breaks to cornice, with some loss to veneer evident, a patch to right-facing side molding of hood, right-facing back pilaster with repaired break to capital and professionally reattached, side right-facing glass pane and hood door both with crack to glass, hood door frame with with some occasional loss and repair to veneer and inlay commensurate with age, the lower hinge is held in place with a later nail, finial is probable replacement; enamel face: with cracquelure, some loss to paint, and minor residue marks, smears, and scratches commensurate with age; case: missing line inlay to top right-facing side, and with a couple related repairs to line inlay on other sides, case door slightly bowed outward from wood fluctuations over time, a couple veneer patches to bottoms of quarter columns, some minor scuffing along right-facing side of waist molding, base with square patch to veneer to central panel, repaired breaks to foot facings to three feet, the back right-facing foot with loss to base of foot facing, a couple replaced support blocks, and with some glue repair to a couple supports; includes pendulum, two weights, winding key, and case key; as with all mechanical objects, Freeman's does not guarantee functionality for clocks

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