BIG BEND MUSICAL VICTORIAN PICTURE WALL CLOCK WITH MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY VG

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BIG BEND MUSICAL VICTORIAN PICTURE WALL CLOCK WITH MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY VG:
$1498.00

WE HAVE FROM AN ESTATE IN NEW ORLEANS, LA A RARE MUSICAL VICTORIAN WALL CLOCK WITH BIG BEN FEATURED ALONG WITH THE PARLIMENT BUILDING. THE CLOCK SHOWS THE RIVER THAMES WITH THE HOUSE OF PARLIMENT IN THE BACKGROUND. THERE ARE SEVERAL MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY IN THE CLOCK AS TO REPRESENT A NIGHT TIME SCENE. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE CLOCK WAS ATTACHED A 1978 APPRAISAL BY A MEMBER OF THE APPRAISERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. THE APPRAISAL STATES THE FOLLOWING:

VIEW OF THEMES, LONDON, ON WOOD IN OIL. TOWER WITH CLOCK BEING A RUNNING POCKET WATCH, RIVERBRIDGE, & BUILDINGS. THERE ARE SMALL BOATS IN THE RIVER WITH WINDOWS IN THE BUILDINGS. ALSO FEATURED THE RIVER & MOON. ALL THE PIECES HAVE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY FOR ILLUMINATION. MUSIC BOX DENOTES STRIKING OF THE CLOCK. 14 1/4\" X 19 1/4\" PLUS 11/2\" BLACK & GOLD FRAME. EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH CIRCA 1860. APPRAISED VALUE $2500. THIS PRICE OF $2500 WAS GIVEN IN 1978 TO A FALLS CHURCH, VA. COUPLE BY FRANK E KLAPTHOR.

THE CONDITION TODAY IS THE CONDITION THE APPRAISER FOUND IN 1978 VG. THE 1978 APPRAISAL WILL ACCOMPY THE PURCHASER OF THIS CLOCK-MUSIC BOX. I ALSO BELIEVE THE CLOCK & MUSIC BOX HAVE THE ORIGINAL KEY TO WINF EACH UNIT OF TIME OR MUSIC. ANY QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU.

RICHARD