DESCRIPTION:
Japan, a good 19th century double foliot Dai Dokei, the sheet brass case with chrysanthemum engraving on three sides, the fixed silver dial with engraved chapters, rotating center with single blued steel hand and alarm set holes and pin, and three train, weight driven brass movement with double foliot oscillating beneath the bell, and resting on a four legged wooden base with gilt leaf and vine ornament
CONDITION:
case polished and with minor tarnish, dial engraving with polish residue, wooden base with a few repaired breaks, minor separation at some joints, and minor losses to gilt ornament, movement complete, wll run and strike, rope worn, slips on pulleys, alarm train functional, alarm weights replaced, brass weight with minor tarnish. Deaccessioned from the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Ct.
ESTIMATE:
$1800
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$2500
CIRCA: 19th c
DIMENSIONS: 28in x 10.5in x
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