Brunk Auctions
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American & Southern | December 5, 2024

Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1023

Walnut Solar Timepiece or Globe Clock by Timby

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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Saratoga Springs, New York, circa 1865, scroll top case with central turned finial, printed paper Arabic numeral hour dial encircling the 6 in. printed globe "Joslin's Terrestrial Globe/Containing the Latest Discoveries/Gillman Joslin/Boston 1860", in a brass yoke with North Pole facing front, lower printed paper minute dial with Arabic numerals behind a hinged door, 26-3/4 x 15 x 5-1/4 in. 

Provenance: Private Collection

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Private Collection

lacking glazed doors to dials, lacking drop finials, losses and discoloration to globe, discoloration and chips to case, with possible repairs, foxing to paper dials and globe, lacking wind key, not tested for functionality