Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts

In overall good, stable, functioning condition. Case good with fairly even finish throughout. Some light surface wear (nicks and scratches) consistent with age. Glass to hood and trunk intact. Veneers to case mostly intact with some tight age splits and minor areas of loss, most noticeable at the center inlay near bottom of trunk. Some splits to fretwork on hood with some losses. Clock works and strikes on the hour and the half. Unsure as to duration or accuracy of movement. Striking on ten vertical graduated musical bells and chiming on two horizontal bells. Additional images available upon request. Professionally serviced in 2015 and 2016; service notes available upon request.

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