This beautiful grandfathers clock has been in the family since 1918 when my husband's grandmother purchased it at an estate auction in 1918 for $279.00 (pretty steep back then). The very top of the cabinet was lightly sanded because it was too tall for the ceiling height. The mechanism was recently refurbished and cleaned and the clock is in excellent working order. It has two types of music and also has a silent.
This is a rope bed with a very interesting carving on the headboard. The carving is very organic looking--even sexual--and detailed. I believe that during the Victorian era, superstition led people to hang mandrake root over the headboaerd of the "marriage bed" to increase fertitlity. Does anyone know of fertility symbols being carved into headboards? I am very curious about the age and value of this piece. Any thoughts?
