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30 Day Grandmother Clock Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1900 item# 711008 (stock# 7207)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $4,000.00
A mahogany cased "grandmother" size tall case clock, about 60" in overall height. The case dates to about 1850, with a brass dialed English tall clock with a 30 day clockworks.Case may need some minor restorations, so call for a more detailed report.RL*

Eight-Day Goliath Watch Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1920 item# 710970 (stock# 7201)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $450.00
A swiss made late 19th or early 20th century Goliath watch, 78 mm in diameter. Stem wind and pin set with a jeweled mechanism within a nickel plated case. The white porcelain dial has Arabic numerals and a seconds bit. In good overall condition although the original leather case is now deteriorated from age. RL*

Bailey Banks & Biddle Tubular Chime Clock Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1920 item# 709233 (stock# 6717)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $12,500.00
A nine tubular "bell" chime hall clock is of the best quality in excellent original condition. It may be that it is a product of the Waltham Company, although sold through Bailey Banks and Biddle of Philadelphia. The case is very close to some known patterns that Waltham used in the early 1900s. Choice mahoganies were used and the finish seem original although not tinted with the dark "Jap-Lac" stains so typical of this early 1900s era. The clockworks may be fit with their #5 ...click for details

MAHOGANY TALL CASE CLOCK Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 709190 (stock# 5021)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $10,500.00
A good looking late 18th or early 19th century English tall clock. The case work shows exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail. The use of choice mahogany "flame" grained components, elaborate inlay, pen work, and styling details such as column clusters make a fine looking case. There is a flared waist door with three Gothic like pinnacles, and the base and waist and hood door are bordered with alternating dark mahogany and satinwood stringing. The hand painted enamel dial, m ...click for details

Louis XVI Ormolu Clock Showing Henry IV Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 709182 (stock# 6607)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $12,500.00
A late eighteenth or early 19th century fine and interesting ormolu mantel clock depicting Henry IV in a fabled setting with an innkeeper peering at him at night. The white porcelain dial is signed Chretien, a Parisian maker. This type of clock was particularly popular about 1810, especially with figures at various pursuits- sometimes suggesting a profession or trade. The ormolu surface is original and in excellent condition. 15 1/2" high, 11 3/4" wide. RL*

FRENCH CLOCK OF AMERICAN INTEREST Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 709168 (stock# 5639)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $11,500.00
A black slate or marble and ormolu mounted mantel clock of American interest measuring 22" X 16 1/2" X 6". After our Revolution and until the mid 1800s the French exported clocks to this country. Some were adapted to American tastes with patriotic symbols. This clock was probably made between 1790 and 1810. It has the Federal eagle cast into the pendulum bob. Handsome clocks like this were found in the wealthiest households of the young United States' citizens. In excellent co ...click for details

Anglo Lion Clock Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1900 item# 709138 (stock# 7021)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $12,500.00
A fine bronze gilt mantel of cabinet clock showing a lion carrying the clock within an exotic forested environment with a frog, a snail and a lizard. This rare clock is what one would expect from post Renaissance France, yet the clock is apparently English, with a balance wheel mechanism and fusee and a yet to be determined repeat mechanism of some kind. 15" High by 11" X 7". The case has been re gilt, and a number of the case screws are obviously not of an 18th century origin. R ...click for details

RARE MYSTERY CLOCK ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT-HOUDIN Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 709132 (stock# 7741)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $21,000.00
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1806- 1871)was a master clockmaker who known for his mystery clocks. He was active in the mid 1800s, and had a double life as an both inventor of remarkable mechanical devices, including his famous mystery clocks, and as one of the first conjurers, or magicians, in history. (In fact, Ehrich Weiss took the name Harry Houdini in the 20th century to honor the famous Robert-Houdin.) This clock was sold by Promolu of Paris, the name inscribed on the dial, it was under the R ...click for details

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