An American carved walnut eight-day floor-standing giant longcase clock - 'Regulator No. 8' James Wood & Co., New York and George A. Jones & Co., New York. Circa 1878 The case with an elaborately carved pediment fronted by a carved deer head with displayed horns beneath the carved head of Diana (the Huntress) and flanked by two carved lions' heads, the trunk with carved trusses to the angles with incised gilt line decoration, well figured walnut panelled backboard, the plinth on gadroon-carved feet with central panel applied with a carved ferret's head, the silvered engraved dial of regulator lay-out with blued steel hands, the massive movement with thick brass plates, all wheels with six crossings, Graham type dead beat escapement, the triple-jar pendulum held within an elaborate steel frame finely etched with foliage and signed James Wood & Co. 587 Broadway New York , the beatscale further engraved George A. Jones & Co. No. 5 Courtlandt St. New York 10 ft. 3 in. (307 cm.) high
An American carved walnut eight-day floor-standing giant longcase clock - 'Regulator No. 8' James Wood & Co., New York and George A. Jones & Co., New York. Circa 1878 The case with an elaborately carved pediment fronted by a carved deer head with displayed horns beneath the carved head of Diana (the Huntress) and flanked by two carved lions' heads, the trunk with carved trusses to the angles with incised gilt line decoration, well figured walnut panelled backboard, the plinth on gadroon-carved feet with central panel applied with a carved ferret's head, the silvered engraved dial of regulator lay-out with blued steel hands, the massive movement with thick brass plates, all wheels with six crossings, Graham type dead beat escapement, the triple-jar pendulum held within an elaborate steel frame finely etched with foliage and signed James Wood & Co. 587 Broadway New York , the beatscale further engraved George A. Jones & Co. No. 5 Courtlandt St. New York 10 ft. 3 in. (307 cm.) high
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