Description
with poplar secondary, hood with broken-arch pediment, fully turned columns and tombstone door, case with canted corners, cock-beaded door and high turned feet. Brass time and strike movement with polychrome-painted dial. Case retains beautiful original alligatored finish, southern Ohio or northern Kentucky, ca 1820-1840; 93.5" x 17.5" x 10.5". For a blanket chest with nearly identical turned feet, see lot 509 in Cowan's Nov. 17-18, 2004 auction. Condition report Glass cracked, finials may be old replacements, else VG. We do not guarantee the working order of clocks and watches.
Record courtesy of Cowan's Auctions