Description
Cherry and curly maple case, with beautifully carved pillars and scrolled top. Beautiful reverse painted tablets. Painted iron dial. High quality eight-day time-and-strike, weight-driven, brass movement. Note inside clock from 1930 reads: This clock was made about 1825 by Joseph Burritt who learned his trade from a famous watch and clock maker in New Haven, Ct The latter and Mr. Burritt put up the big clock in the Yale tower in New Haven, Ct This information was given me by Mr. Burritt1s granddaughter, who lived in Ithaca, NY. Amak Lee, June 7th, 1930. (See p. 55 in American Clock Makers and Watch Makers Vol. 3.) Height: 38 inches, Width: 17 1/2 inches Provenance: ex Collection of Peter Zaharis, Ithaca, NY
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