Pook and Pook Americana & International Auction 2021

364 Rare New York Federal mahogany musical tall case clock, ca. 1790 , with a pagoda top with eagle inlay enclosing an eight-day works signed Effingham Embree New York , above a line inlaid case. The works are a three-train movement that play six tunes on eight bells struck by thirteen hammers, tunes are changed manually by a selector dial. This typical Embree case is possibly made by his cousin, Thomas Burling, a New York cabinet maker as the case is impressed inside the pendulum door with the initials TB , 99 1/2” h. $20,000-30,000