Hello! Welcome to my Auction! Here for your consideration today is one of my beloved clock's, An Ansonia Mantle Clock. It's a pretty heavy clock for it's size! Ten pound's or so. Dimension's are 12" long, almost 11" high from bottom to top of Brass Topper by 5" wide. This clock has some beautiful brass artwork on the front , the two front feet are brass as is this really ornate clock topper. It look's like two torches held together in the middle with a wreath. This clock seem's to have a cast iron frame that is overlayed with another material. Maybe Ormulu or Adamentine? I'm not sure. The back is all I iron metal, the two rear feet being part of the clock frame. The clock face is Porcelain, also very ornate and has the A marking for Ansonia. The face is in perfect conditon. It's a very nice clock! It is in working condition, has both the Ansonia key and pendulum. It is as I bought it. I had the working's cleaned and adjusted when I first bought the clock about ten year's ago. I think it is has an eight day wind working. It chimes on the Hour as well as the half with hammer on an iron gong. The working's inside have,"Ansonia, New York", stamped on the Brass so this clock would have been made after 1880 when Ansonia expanded their operation into New York from Conn. This clock has not been tinkered with or cleaned, other than the working's. As far as I know it is still in it's original condition. I have not changed anything since owning it. The clock has sat in an old Teak Cabinet since I bought it. This clock will probably need to be adjusted when you recieve it as these clock's have a delicate mechanism that doesn't like being moved around like it will be subjugated to in the mail. I will carefully pack this as I would expect it to be packed for mailing if I had purchased it. This clock does not have a label of any kind on it, only the, Ansonia New York, marking stamped in the brass work's inside. Shipping for this item will be $20.00 within the USA, shipped insured. International Bidder's please use the USPS or UPS shipping calculator for item shipped in a large box weighing 12 pound's. The box demension's being at least 26" by 24" by 15" I would ask that payment be made within 3 day's of the auction closing. Also that anyone having a feedback number less than 10, please email me before placing a bid. Thankyou again for looking, I hope for someone to enjoy this nice clock! Happy Holiday's Everyone!!! Merry Christmas!!! Have a Happy New Year!!!
On Dec-04-11 at 08:35:46 PST, seller added the following information:I was going to relist this item but I hope this revision will be alright. It hasbeen pointed out to me that the rear left leg has an old repair. I was also incorrect in stating that the rear legs were part of the Iron frame. they are not. Each is a seperate piece of metal.The repair, as you can see in photo no. 2 is a strap with two screw's holding the leg to the clock case. One screw goes right into the case. The other keep's the leg from moving, it is tight. I placed a level on the top edges of the clock and it sit's perfectly level. Whomever did this clock repair in the past did a great job leveling it. Once again my sincerist apologies for not realizing what I was seeing, that the strap was a repair job. The clock is still beautiful and work's just fine. For those of you who have already placed bid's before this correction in the item description and wish to retract your bid, that is understood. Thankyou again for looking!
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