![]() ![]() The previous owner informed me that the clock was in the family home in north-end Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) and the clock took a significant hit from that fateful blast on December 6th. Perhaps it last worked just before the Halifax Explosion of 1917. That aside, the movement was very dirty and had not been running for many years. While much of the “newer pieces” are hidden, the previous owner took care to replicate woodworking techniques of the period aside from the use of Roberston screws on the back panel. Parts of the clock were evidently destroyed beyond repair and the remainder salvaged for later restoration which was never completed. Replaced some 40 years ago is the box frame and the front section that supports the right and left columns. I added glass, smaller trim features, upper finials, and their bases. Much of the clock is original the movement, the pendulum, dial, hands, coil gong, and movement bracket, the bottom base and top section of the case, crown, backboard, vertical columns, and most of the decorative trim. I saw a challenge in that collection of dusty and dirty parts. I sensed the seller fully intended to complete the project but never got around to it but at least he reconstructed the case. During the winter of 2017, I restored an antique Junghans Crispi time and strike wall clock, circa 1898.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |