SKINNER presents a Gallery Walk

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489.
Mahogany Quarter-chiming Mantel Clock, attributed to Elliott,
London, c. 1900, dome-top case with inlaid quarter-columns flanking
the 8-in. dia. silvered dial with Roman numerals and “Chime-Silent”
lever, fielded inlaid panel, side fretted sound vents and carrying handles,
eight-day time, strike, and Westminster chiming chain-drive fusee
movement with pendulum, ht. 17 1/4 in.
$600-900
490.
Tiffany Mahogany Chime Clock, Grimshaw, Baxter, and Elliott,
England, c. 1900, line inlay decorated case with brass stop-fluted
quarter-columns flanking the 7-in. dia. silvered brass dial marked by the
retailer, Tiffany & Co., New York, Roman numerals, eight-day quarterchiming
movement marked Grimshaw, Baxter and Elliott with 7-jewel
platform escapement, ht. 15 in.
$300-500
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491.
Austrian Thirty-day Skeleton Clock, c. 1840, the silvered case with
two classical columns on an oval base with engine-turned beading and
acorn feet, 6 3/4-in. dia. dial with Roman numerals within an engineturned
bezel, subsidiary dials indicating seconds at the top, day-of-themonth
object right and month-of-the-year object left, sweep minute
hand and pierced hour hand, thirty-day time-only movement with
maintaining power, deadbeat escapement and decorative star wheels
to advance calendars all powered by a silvered engine-turned weight
and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 21 1/4 in.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Norman Langmaid.
Literature: The present clock is illustrated and discussed in Derek
Roberts, Continental and American Skeleton Clocks, p. 154.
$2,000-4,000
492.
Walnut Vienna Regulator, c. 1880, the case with carved and turned
half-columns flanking the full-length glazed door, applied top crest
and lower pedestal, Roman numeral enameled dial with seconds bit,
eight-day time and strike weight-powered movement with rear-hung
pendulum and two brass-cased weights, ht. 54 in.
$1,000-1,500
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