Ridgeway grandfather clock serial number 21741

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Movement: NOT SHOWN - German made (Possibly by Urgos) solid brass plate movement with three chain driven weights powering the movement for eight days, striking on the hours and chiming on the quarter hours, most likely with a set of eight movement hammers striking a similar number of metal rods. The base of the dial indicates the dial and movement were made in Germany. A revolving moon dial is seen in the lunette with a lunar calendar of 29 ВЅ days above and two engraved hemispheres below. There are embossed winged angel spandrels in the dial corners with a foliate pattern in the gilt brass dial center with a stylized rosette in the precise center. The wood has a pressed oval with Ridgeway marked in the center and the Gravely Furniture Company of Ridgeway, VirginiaвЂќДial: An arched brass alloy dial with silvered Roman hour chapter ring, closed minute track, filigree brass dial center with вЂRidgewayвЂ™ name under twelve, вЂWest GermanyвЂ™ under the six position and machine stamped Chippendale style hands. There is a brass plaque on the faГ§ade of the case with an engraved presentation, вЂњTo my Wife on MotherвЂ™s Day, Edward, May 11, 1980вЂќ. The sides of the case have open brass grillwork in the hood, glazed panels in the waist and stained oak in the sides of the base. There is a concave molding leading down to the stepped broad flat base sitting flat to the floor.

#Ridgeway grandfather clock serial number 21741 full

The full-length door is flanked by full length flat segmented pilasters with a corbel at the uppermost level. The bottom of the door is a rectangular panel with concentric stepped raised applied panels at the center.

The upper section of the glazed door overlies the dial while the largest section is the glass waist through which one can see the arc of the pendulum as it swings, and the descent of the three brass canister weights. This stained Virginia oak Hall clock has a dome-shaped, stepped and convex вЂњbreak-archвЂќ pediment with an arched cornice just above the arched glazed tripartite dial door. circa 1980.Д¬ase: Size not provided but approximately 75-80' in height. Stained oak, three weight, eight-day time, strike and quarterly chiming, Presentation Hall clock (aka the modern grandfather clock), imported West German movement (possibly made by вЂUrgosвЂ™), made by the Ridgeway (Gravely) Furniture Company, Ridgeway, Va. Thank you for sending in your family heirloom grandfather clock to for an appraisal.