Atkins & Downs Transitional Mahogany Shelf Clock and Steeple Clock

Description:

Atkins & Downs Transitional Mahogany Shelf Clock and Steeple Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1830, stenciled splat and pineapple finials, stenciled half columns flanking the full-length door, painted wood Arabic numeral dial, interior label marked in part Terry's Patent Clocks, Made and Sold by Atkins & Downs, Bristol, Conn., wood, thirty-hour movement powered by two cast iron weights and regulated by a pendulum; and a Gilbert, thirty-hour, rosewood steeple clock, ht. 18 to 29 in.
Estimate $150-250

Piece of veneer missing along front bottom edge.


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