The Tastemaker

includes two weights, pendulum, and winding key; the hood: a few repaired breaks to fretwork, and one segment on top of right-facing side of fretwork is replaced, two of the wood caps where finials are screwed appear to be replaced, the third with small loss along back edge, and each have screws installed for where finials are attached, an age crack to top center of arch, and small veneer loss to upper front left-facing corner, finials appear to be replaced, and have some occasional dings and dents; the case: interior of case door with old pencil inscription that reads, "Feb. 28 1900...repaired by R Jan /59," indicating that the piece was worked on during a couple occasions, upper front left-facing corner of top molding with patch, a patch along slot for lock, and a few patches and veneer repairs to case door, an age crack to veneer above waist molding on right-facing side, the waist molding with some minor dings, scuffs, and losses, the base panel with some age cracks and splits , with some veneer patches and repairs along exterior, left-facing rear leg reinforced with some screws, and both back legs appear to have replaced returns, the brasses on case have been polished, the case with some minor polish residue transfer, the case door likely with later / added hinge straps along right side of case; the clock face presents nicely, with expected cracquelure to surface commensurate with age, but retaining most of its paint, having only some minor occasional paint loss and some general occasional darkening; as with all mechanical objects, Freeman's does not guarantee functionality for clocks

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