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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 7458, member: 25"]Long case clock l/c clock.</p><p><br /></p><p>Etherington is the maker. Things were <b>made</b> in those days, the era of the manufactuary, later abbreviated to factory, were still to come. Plain case were more the rule than the exception. In all long case clocks the case would be made by a case maker type of cabinet maker. Sometimes it takes some careful examination to decide if a case is original to a movement, it's not really something you can do from pictures. Signs the lenticle (little round glass) has been added later would argue for a married case. Also signs of alteration around the seatboard of the movement.</p><p><br /></p><p>The verge bracket clock looks fine, and I expect it cost a fair bit when bought by the collector.. The clock market is very soft nowadays (over here, anyway) but it should be entered in a specialist sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 7458, member: 25"]Long case clock l/c clock. Etherington is the maker. Things were [B]made[/B] in those days, the era of the manufactuary, later abbreviated to factory, were still to come. Plain case were more the rule than the exception. In all long case clocks the case would be made by a case maker type of cabinet maker. Sometimes it takes some careful examination to decide if a case is original to a movement, it's not really something you can do from pictures. Signs the lenticle (little round glass) has been added later would argue for a married case. Also signs of alteration around the seatboard of the movement. The verge bracket clock looks fine, and I expect it cost a fair bit when bought by the collector.. The clock market is very soft nowadays (over here, anyway) but it should be entered in a specialist sale.[/QUOTE]
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