Antique corner cabinet with built-in grandfather clock

Dimensions: Height: 220 cm Leg depth: cm

Description:
Quite exceptional corner piece of furniture with secretary compartment and built-in Mora grandfather clock.

Two-part piece of furniture standing on fluted pointed legs.
The base consists of a two-door cupboard compartment and the writing surface that folds down to the front above it. The interior has 12 drawers and a central door.
The top consists of two drawers and a dummy drawer in the lower section. Above this, on the outside, there are two high doors that follow the curved shape of the cornice.
In the centre, behind the original curved glass, we see the dial of the grandfather clock. Behind the door below, the pendulum swings and the weights run.

Eight-day movement. Strikes on the hour. Hand-sawn brass hands. Dial illegibly signed.

Condition:
Restored to living room standard. Softwood oiled, all drawers and doors running perfectly.
The movement has been completely overhauled and cleaned.

Enclosed: a handwritten letter with the following (approximate) translation:

On 18 May 1862, which was a Sunday, the entire original village of Bogården burnt down. Consisting of three large farms, No: 1 Westegården (Erik Hans) No: 2 Bortigården (Mårtens Hans) No: 3 Östigården (Ol Hans). When the fire was extinguished, almost all the workers had gone to church, as was customary at the time. In Östegården, where the fire raged, the cattle and all the furniture burnt except for this bell cabinet, which a young man named Anders Olsson from Lohemme (Lok Anders) carried out of the burning yard with his own hands. The owner Per Olsson then sold the homestead, which was moved to Dahlån by the change in the law, and bought homestead No:3 in Hof. When his son Olof Persson sold this homestead around 1912, he signed the cabinet at the auction. The notes for the descendants in February 1937 by P. Löfgren.

Also enclosed is a newspaper article apparently reporting the event described above (see photos).

Price: This rare corner cabinet has already been sold.