Antique Australian grandfather clock no makers mark
No makers mark that I see. Gold colored clock face. German wording across top saying “Makes Happy Time”. Wood pendulum with brass circular bottom filled with what sounds like many steel or lead balls. I had the clock worked on approximately 40 years ago. It ran great for several days loosing very little time. I had a European cabinet maker replace the skin and clean it up as it had gone through a fire and sustained smoke damage about 50 years ago.
The clock is 81” high and 22” wide
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Hi Charles,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
An antique Austrian Baroque style walnut tall clock
18th or 19th Century
With ogee arched and barley-twist bonnet and frieze panel inscribed "Liege frohe Stunden (Have Happy Hours)" enclosing an unmarked engraved brass dial with Roman numeral chapter rings and cast brass spandrels, the case with applied barley-twist pilasters flanking a molded waist door with compass-inscribed pinwheel at the bottom, all on a paneled box base. With pendulum and eight-day movement (weights?)
81 inches high, 22 inches wide
CONDITION: Refinished and restored after a fire.
$500-700*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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