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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Sep 17, 2022
Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1780, with painted and silvered brass dial inscribed "Highwater at Boston, North America", seven tunes, seconds sweep, date indicator, set in an early "Roxbury" mahogany case with pierced fretwork and brass finials, over blind fretwork frieze, with three weights and pendulum, 103-1/2 x 23 x 10-1/2 in.
Provenance: Sold Pook & Pook, January 6, 2007 lot 689 for $23,000; Collection of C.L. Prickett
fretwork finials and waist door restored, portion of bezel (framing around dial) restored, wooden shaft of pendulum broken at attachment to bob, original feet, minor bumps and cracks at lower corners and lower base molding, case uprights extended and with later bracing (works and case appear to be a good match)
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