APPRAISER: It's a Scottish clock, and it was made circa 1830, 1835. Now, one of the things that leads me to that date is the dial. Earlier painted dials, every five minutes, they would have these...
GUEST: Oh, yeah.
APPRAISER: ...outer minute markings around the dial. And then the second form of a painted dial would just be at the quarters.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: And then the latest form of a painted dial is this. And this is right at the end, where you have no outer minute markings at all. They're really the end of the line for tall clocks that were made by individuals.
GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: They really fell out of fashion in 1830, 1840 was really when it was-- time was up. It's a very pretty case. It stands on cutout bracket feet and has a raised panel. And then it has this inset paneled door, and it comes to the bonnet, which is called a broken arch or a swan's neck pediment. It's painted, obviously repainted, as you already know. This is in chinoiserie painting...
GUEST: Chinoiserie.
APPRAISER: ...but it's made to look old. You see all this crackle in here?
GUEST: Ah.
APPRAISER: It was done on purpose. It's in beautiful shape, and it's very decorative. It's an old case, but the dial is fantastic. And it's fully painted. And most Scottish dials are fully painted in the spandrel areas here. You have Ireland represented here, you have Wales represented over here, and then England and Scotland. And then, in the arch of the dial, you have this unicorn that represents Scotland and the lion that represents England. And it says "union" right here, referring to the union in 1707 with Scottish Parliament and English Parliament, resulting in the United Kingdom. It's a very pretty clock, but it's sort of more of a decorative value because of the repainted case.
GUEST: Mm-hmm. I'll go home and strip it down.
APPRAISER: But...
GUEST: (chuckles)
APPRAISER: No, I, I-- this is so wonderfully done...
GUEST: It is.
APPRAISER: ...and it's so decorative that I would not do that. I would leave it just the way it is. I think in a retail store, this clock would sell probably in the $2,500 range.
GUEST: Okay. We'll just hang on to it.
APPRAISER: I don't blame you.
