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1. $1100 old stand of Eli Terry & Co.” in Terrysville CT. Is this just another OG? J. Ives “New Hampshire Mirror Clock”, 1818-1825. A Well, not entirely. This OG is 33 inches high and 19 inches across, the large (57-inch) clock with an Ives steel-plate, roller- largest size OG made. It uses an 8-day wooden movement with pinion movement with brass bushings and a long- compounded 12-lb weights to drive the movement drop pendulum with the bob visible through the for the full period. I cannot find another Welton 8- bottom glass. The middle glass was always a mir- day wooden movement in the Antique Clocks Price ror (here an old replacement), and the top glass Guide (30-hour wooden works OGs are not uncom- with a reverse painting around the dial. I believe mon from these two), and frankly, I can’t recall ever both reverse paintings here are old replacements, seeing another 8-day wooden works OG. (I’m sure well done in a proper style, and never removed I’ll hear from many of you now about how common from the door frame; it’s possible that they are they are!) I called in a crane and hung the weights touch-ups to the original paintings. The heavy iron and the clock ran and struck for the short period it dial is original and in need of repainting, or at least was tested. Note the beautiful flame mahogany on touch-up. The hands are original. The mahogany the case. The dial glass and mirror are replace- veneer is darn good with just a couple of chips and an old finish; the ments, the wooden dial and hands clean and presumably original. corbels on either side of the dial glass are veneered in bird’s eye There are flat tin dust covers on top; the weights are modern re- maple and need to be cleaned to bring out the contrast with the placements. $200-$400. mahogany veneer. The urn finials on top look good but are wood- en, and the scroll tips have been broken and re-veneered. The Ives 4. $3500 8-day, time-and-strike movement is running and keeping time, driv- Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 3 Vienna”, ca. 1880. A 52-inch wal- en by two 9-lb weights; the strike rack-and-snail movement needs nut case in excellent condition. The base appears to adjustment to get it to count the hours properly. The interior of the be an old replacement, as may be the finials; the crest case is washed in blue paint with a floral (?) pattern in lighter green; is probably original. The full-length dial board is the I can’t figure out how it was done, but ’I m pretty sure it is original. later version (after 1886) with an incised pattern in The interior of these cases often was painted or wallpapered. I gold on a relacquered black board (rather than a fret- think these are beautiful clocks and it is hard to find ones in present- work screen). This model contains a 30-day double- able condition like this. You still see the better ones selling for up to wind movement made by Welch for the Ithaca Calen- $2000. Ly, American Clocks Vol. 3, pp. 110-117. $1200-$2000. dar Clock Co. as shown on page 130 of Ly’s Calendar Clocks. The calendar movement is also period/ 2. $1200 original; the pendulum stick has been broken and J. Ives “New Hampshire Mirror Clock”, 1818-1825. A diminutive ver- repaired twice and the bob seems like a replacement. sion of the Ives “Looking Glass Clock”, shorter and narrower than Both paper dials are replacements, as are the roller the full-size version at 52.5 inches high and 17.5 inches wide (see the covers. The hands are old. The clock is running, keep- side-by-side photo with #1). The dial diameter is also an inch smaller ing time, and the calendar is advancing, although the (5.5 inches vs 6.5 inches). Perhaps the most important difference weekday roller slips and should be glued down. No between the two clocks is that this clock has a short-drop Ives label, but an ICCCo key is included. Recent sales range from $2100 movement (note the pendulum window at the bottom of the upper to $3800. glass), rather than at the bottom of the case. This model is less common than the long-drop version, 5. $335 but there are a few examples in the Antique L.F. & W. Carter Italian-type shelf calendar, 1863- Clocks Price Guide. The reeded pilaster case is 1868. This model is not shown in Ly’s book Calen- maple I think, possibly cherry; it is not veneered dar Clocks but can be found in Miller and Miller’s except for the scroll top, which is mahogany and Survey of American Clocks: Calendar Clocks on page curly maple; the sides appear to be pine. I don’t 64. This model is not at all common; I can find no see any evidence that the case was ever ve- examples in the Antique Clocks Price Guide (out of neered. The left scroll tip has been repaired. 48 Carter clocks). The Italian-style case is 17.5 inch- Both reverse-painted glasses are new and un- es tall with a beautifully polished rosewood finish signed, the mirror is old, possibly a resilvered orig- and ebony columns on either side. The rounded inal. The heavy iron dial is original, probably re- trim around the top and the calendar door bezel painted long ago, and now touched up in places. are both in a lighter-color wood. The bezel for the time and day dial The hands are replacements; the old brass urn is brass and is as shown in the Millers’ book; the time dial is old pa- finials are probably not original but look fine. The per in good condition, the calendar dial even better. The hands are Ives steel plate 8-day movement is running and period and may be original. The 8-day movement is unsigned, it is keeping time, driven by two flat lead weights that may not be origi- running, keeping time, and striking on a wire gong. The calendar is nal. An arm is broken off the strike count mechanism (compare the advancing. There are nice labels inside and on the back of the calen- movement photo with #1); the strike chain works but not properly. dar door. This is as nice an example as you are likely I ran it without hanging the strike weight. This clock was owned to find of this rare model. $350-$600. and being restored by Herschel Burt but has been in storage since 1978 (see photo). Burt was a noted clock collector in the last centu- 6. $120 ry. $1200-$1800. Seth Thomas long-drop octagon clock, 1888. The 31- inch oak case would appear to be the same as used 3. $200 for the early Globe models, but it holds an 8-day, H. Welton & Co. 8-day wooden works OG, 1840-1842. H. Welton & time-only movement (ST No. 41) with a front- Co. consisted of brothers Hiram and Heman, who worked “at the mounted pendulum. Note that the pendulum bob is

2 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures suspended on a wire rather than on a rear-mounted pendulum stick. the back of the clock. It came in two models, one with the pendu- I would assume that this is a less expensive option than the Globe, lum hung in front of the movement, and a second where the pendu- but it is not shown in Ly’s books on Seth Thomas clocks; I cannot lum is suspended from the steel bracket that supports the move- find an example in the Antique Clocks Price Guide either. There is ment, as found here. The signed movement has two thick steel no evidence that the movement is not original to the case (e.g., plates with a Graham dead-beat escapement. The dial is enamel on additional screw holes). The dial pan is new, as are the hands; the zinc, 12 inches in diameter and shows very little wear. The hands are old glass in the bezel was replaced some time ago, the lower glass is original. The pendulum stick has lost its gilding, the large brass bob newer as well. The pendulum bob is not Seth Thomas issue. There is damascened with some corrosion. It’s a beautiful clock and a is a black Seth Thomas label inside (not visible in the photo as it is practically perfect timekeeper. A key is included. $1000-$2000. behind the framing), and the back is stamped with the date of man- ufacture (Oct 1888). The clock is running and keeping time. $120- 10. $100 $150. Jerome (?) miniature papier-mâché wall clock, ca. 1850’s. This little guy is only 11.25 inches long with 7. $275 a brass 30-hour time-and-strike unsigned move- Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 11 Octagon”, 1875- ment, striking on an iron bell. The only label is one 1910. A 21-inch model with a full glass door over a from a clock repairer in Newcastle on Tyne, indicat- one-piece double-dial, printed paper over zinc. ing that it was likely made for the English market. This clock was designed as an “economy model” as The glass and bezel are old but polished, the dial we would say today, “not as handsome as the par- repainted, the hands old. The polychrome, gilding, lor clock, but answers every purpose of a good and MOP is dark but mostly all there, and it has a glossy protective time piece.” (The Ithaca Journal, 1875, quoted in coat. The pendulum-driven movement is running erratically, the Joel Warren’s new book Ithaca’s Clock Makers, pendulum bob is new, it hangs from underneath. I don’t believe I’ve page 70). The case is walnut, stained darkly, with seen one of these before, and I can’t find any other examples. $100- an old finish. The glass is old, possibly original, the $150. hands correct to style. The 8-day time-and-strike movement is stamped E.N. Welch, made for Ithaca Calendar Clock 11. $750 Co. The clock is running and striking but the calendar is misbehav- E.N. Welch “Patti No. 1”, ca. 1880. The rosewood case here is practi- ing and will need some attention. Note the winding port for the cally perfect; I don’t see any missing parts and no scratches or separate alarm at the bottom left of the dial; an alarm was the only dents, finials correct. The three glasses are old, with some of the upgrade available on this model. These clocks have been selling in gold leaf decoration missing on the front glass. The dial is old glossy the $350-$400 range on eBay when the paper dial is in good condi- paper with a bit of staining on the edges; the Patti tion, as found here. hands are present – a plus. The back wall is flocked in black as it was originally, but this flocking is a re- 8. $250 placement. A typical Welch sandwich pendulum Brewster & Ingrahams lever movement shelf clock, ca. 1843-1852. A hangs from the Patti 8-day time-and-strike move- little gem in a consignment of routine clocks, this 11-inch tall rose- ment. It is running and striking on the hour and half- wood veneered, 30-hour lever movement shelf hour on a nickel bell. An 18.5-inch classic Victorian clock is shown in Ly’s American Clocks Vol. 3 on shelf clock. Collectors used to kill to get a Patti No. 1 page 94. Not this model, this clock. If you’re in this good condition. $750-$900. like me, that is always a plus. There are no is- sues with the veneer and there is ripple molding 12. $1800 around the base. Sorry, the glass is not old but E.N. Welch “Patti No. 2”, ca. 1886. Considerably less common than the original dial is signed; it is the only indication the Patti No. 1 and only half the size at 10 inches tall. The rosewood- that this is a B&I clock, as the movement is not veneered case has been overcoated one time too many and is just a signed and there is no label. The hands are peri- bit shiny. Three glasses, the door glass being quite nice with a com- od but may not be original, and there is some in-painting of chips on plete gold leaf border. The dial is old paper, the the dial. The brass bezel opens with a push button on the side. It is hands are the proper Welch hands, and the pendu- running and keeping time. There are no comparable sales records; I lum is the proper Welch pendulum for this model, think it ought to be worth $250. We report, you decide. $250-$600. regulating the miniature 8-day, time-and-strike Patti movement. It is running and keeping time, striking 9. $800 on a nickel bell. The backboard is old flocked black E. Howard Watch & Clock Co. “No. 89 Regulator”, paper; there is no label on the back but the back- ca. 1913. This was a standard model for Howard and board is almost certainly original. The three finials advertised as the best regulator value on the mar- are original, the back buttons appear to be formed ket; it was designed for business and commercial from wood putty and stained. We sold one not quite as nice in July use, including railroads, universities, and schools of last year for $1925. $2000-$2200. (Ly, American Clocks, Vol. 2, page 118). The 59-inch case is solid mahogany with a perfect finish and no 13. $350 scrapes or nicks; the door glass is original, and there E.N. Welch mirrorside, ca. 1874. Nope, I can’t find an example of this is a key to the door lock. The timepiece is weight- model in Ly’s book on Welch clocks, nor in the Antique Clocks Price driven, with the iron weight running down the right Guide. There is no label on this 24-inch standard mirrorside case, side of the case. It also could be electrified for self- only a Welch-signed movement that looks to be original to the case winding and was used frequently to drive secondary and a unique 3-barrel pendulum found on other high-end Welch clocks; that is likely the case here, as the wiring is still present on shelf clocks. The door glass is original with the putty falling out in

3 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures pieces, the side mirrors are very old but still pretty on the hour on a nickel bell. We didn’t test the clean, and the angel statues are also quite old. In alarm. There are two nice labels on the back. fact, everything on this clock looks to be original Someone made a base for this clock as shown in including the painted dial, old hands, and finials. one picture. It is nice but the finish doesn’t quite The clock is running and striking a nickel bell on the match the color of the finish on the clock. It’s hour. Welch was well-known for making special- yours anyway if you are the lucky winning bidder. order clocks that are not found in catalogs, it cer- I can’t find any sales of this model on the Antique tainly makes sense that they would utilize this pop- Clocks Price Guide or on LiveAuctioneers, or in ular case for a special-order model. $350-$600. Horton’s recent auctions, but I did find a sale on eBay in 2018 for $361; it also was missing the top 14. $275 finial. $250-$375. Ansonia “Triumph”, ca. 1880. A very nice example of this high-end shelf clock. The 24.5-inch walnut case is clean and bright, the door 17. $225 glass is old with a well-preserved stencil, the side Wm. Gilbert “Occidental”, ca. 1891. A mirrorside to compete with all mirrors are likely original and show a fair amount the other manufacturers at the turn of the last century, when appar- of loss and spotting (particularly the right mir- ently everyone wanted a mirrorside clock. Walnut with an old finish ror). The angel statues have been replated in and a nice burled or grained veneer around the bottom of the case. nickel and show little wear. There is a nice The top finials are not quite as shown in the cata- matching ornament on the center base plate, as log illustration in Ly’s book, Gilbert Clocks, but we well as the figurehead at the top, all in nickel. have seen this finial style on other Gilbert Occi- The signed dial is new paper, the hands period dentals. The mirrors and angel statues are old, and correct, and the bezel and alarm ring are the door glass appears to be a more recent re- brass. They match the two-barrel lyre pendulum placement. An older paper dial with some yellow- found on these clocks. Only the upper finials may ing, but not quite so badly that it has to be re- be replacements, but they match the style shown placed; hands are correct. The Gilbert-signed for this model. The 8-day time-and-strike, signed movement is run- movement is running and striking on the hour and ning and striking a shiny nickel bell on the hours and half-hours. The half-hour on a fancy cathedral gong. There is also interior back wall is black textured paper with a signed beat scale an alarm, untested here, and a signed Gilbert (see also Ly Ansonia Clocks & Watches, page 444). There is a very winding key. The pendulum is a fancy Gilbert dark label on the back at the bottom. Nice examples like this one pendulum with a pointer to show the fast/slow adjustment. Re- still bring $300 and up on eBay. $300-$400. mains of a label on the back, and two service labels on the bottom from a repair shop in Oregon in 1895. Although a Gilbert Occidental 15. $250 sold for $456 on eBay as recently as 2018, these more typically fetch F. Kroeber “Occidental”, ca. 1880. An uncommon mirrorside in orig- around $250 these days. $200-$300. inal condition. The 24-inch black walnut case is clean and in good shape, with an old door glass 18. $250 and two old mirrors in good shape. The stencil on New Haven “Occidental”, ca. 1900. Yes, another mirrorside, this the door glass is very worn, the paper dial is about one by New Haven. As you may gather, our collector had a near- due for replacement, the hands are correct re- complete collection of mirrorsides, all in top original condition, and placements. The statues are old. The 8-day time- this is no exception. This one has the later (1911 vs 1895) glass and and-half-hour strike movement is signed, running, pendulum (see Ly New Haven Clocks & Watches, page 311), correct and striking on a cathedral gong. The single-barrel finials, original side mirrors in outstanding shape, and two original pendulum is correct for this model (see Ly Kroeber gilt angel statues. The right angel has lost some gilt, but the left Clocks page 321), but you more commonly see a angel is still bright. The painted dial is chipping around the edges glass scale pendulum. The top finials do not match and has darkened, but the brass bezel and trim those shown in the catalog illustrations, but since are still bright. The hands are replacements. The these cases were made for a variety of clock manufacturers, they painted graining effect on the base has been lost may be correct for the year manufactured. There is a drawer on this from the left side, but otherwise the walnut case model where you can keep the key or your valuables. No label left is clean in an old finish. The New Haven move- on the back. We have not sold a Kroeber mirrorside, and there are ment is running and striking the hours and half- only four sales in the Antique Clocks Price Guide, averaging $300 in hours on a nice-sounding cathedral gong. There recent years. $250-$350. is a service label on the back from 1905. New Haven Occidentals are reasonably common, sell- 16. $250 ing from $200-$450; somewhere around $300 is F. Kroeber “Champion with Alarm”, ca. 1881. Kroeber’s version of typical with a wide range of prices dependent on the Monarch, complete with a fancy ornamental bezel and glass condition. $250-$350. scale pendulum. This guy is 23.5 inches high but is missing the top wooden winged urn found on this model and the Ansonia Monarch 19. $150 – we have a metal spire replacement here. The paper dial shows Waterbury “Oxford”, ca. 1883. This is the early version of the Ox- considerable wear, the stenciled door glass is likely original and very ford, with a unique top-piece and finials. Later versions were more nice. The case has an old finish and a nice patina, the color of ma- like the mirrorsides of other makers (see Ly Waterbury Clocks & hogany. There is burled trim around the bottom and a secret draw- Watches, page 411). Note the all-wood base (no metal ornament in er in front to hold the key, which does not come with this clock. the middle) with no grain-painted trim; the 23.5-inch walnut case The 8-day time-and-strike Kroeber movement is running and striking has been nicely refinished. The finials may be replacements but are

4 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures the proper style. The old door glass is cracked cannot exclude the possibility that this is a careful fabrication. If across the middle, the stencil worn on the left. legitimate, this model, along with the Welch mirrorside (#13) must The side mirrors show considerable spotting be the two most difficult mirrorsides to find. $350-$600. with loss of mirror finish, and the old putti stat- ues lack the gilt finish. There is a signed paper 22. $225 dial and correct hands, with an alarm (untested). Seth Thomas “Column Large” sleigh-front shelf The Waterbury 8-day movement is running and clock, ca. 1870. A very original example, 32 inches striking the hours on a wire gong. The pendulum high in rosewood veneer with darkly stained rose- is appropriate. There are two nice labels on the wood half-columns, the original gilt caps and back, one of which describes how this move- plinths, and three original glasses with minimal ment allows you to move the hands forward or losses. The only veneer losses I see are on the backward to adjust the time. I don’t think you can beat that. $200- sides of the base, although the upper right return $300. is damaged. The original painted metal dial has been touched up in places, not quite professional- 20. $300 ly. The Seth Thomas lyre movement is running, Ansonia “Monarch”, ca. 1880. A nice example of this higher-end striking on an iron bell mounted over a wire gong. The alarm parlor clock from Ansonia, almost 25 inches high with a beautiful (untested) also strikes on the bell; one of the two should be adjust- walnut finish, not too dark and not to glossy. The door glass is old ed to strike on the gong. The movement is signed Plymouth Hollow, with a nice stencil in good condition; the heavy metal dial with an the label is Thomaston, suggesting that this clock was made from enlarged sash retains the turquoise paint in the indentations, giving 1865 to 1875 or so. Old but unmatched weights. $225-$325. the clock an interesting look. This in-painting is usually polished away. The signed paper dial is 23. $1500 evenly yellowed and could be replaced; the Curtis & Dunning (attr.) presentation banjo, ca. 1825. hands may be replacements. The interior back- We can’t be sure this is Curtis & Dunning as there is wall is covered in black paper, still mostly all no signature on the dial, but it has many features there; there is a label on the back. The signed, 8- characteristic of these makers. Note the movement day movement is running reliably and striking on with a butterfly bridge, the characteristic pendulum the hour on a cathedral gong; there is also an keystone with the lower right cutout, and the alarm that strikes on a bell (untested). The pen- straight click pawl. For comparison see Chapter 13, dulum is an unusual Ansonia-signed adjustable Vermont Timepieces, in Foley’s book Willard’s Patent pointer model that was probably an upgrade; Time Pieces. The pinned movement was likely origi- there is also a signed Ansonia key. The urn on nally mounted to the thick chestnut(?) backboard by top is probably a replacement but it is stylistical- a single center screw but is now held in place with ly correct. Some Monarchs have a grain-painted finish on the base two screws at the upper right and lower left corners and a brass ornament behind the drawer pull, but many do not, so I of the backplate. The curved cutout of the upper think this is year-to-year variation. Monarchs in good condition like right top plate is probably to facilitate access to the this one still sell for $350-$450 at major auction houses; Horton’s upper mounting screw. The case is cutout to fit the sold one in very similar condition in 2017 for $450. $350-$450. corners of the movement, as it seen with other banjos from this maker. The movement is driven by a lead weight and is running 21. $250 vigorously and keeping good time. The heavy iron dial is held in Seth Thomas mirrorside, ca. 1880? Here’s another mirrorside that place by two j-hooks and seems likely to have been repainted some I’ve never seen before and cannot be found in Ly’s books on Seth time ago, as many Curtis and Dunning banjos had a distinctive dial Thomas clocks or in the Antique Clocks Price Guide. Carroll Horton pattern. The hand-made hands are very old and typical of the peri- says he also has never seen one. It stands 26 od; there is a heavy brass bezel with a curved glass. The throat and inches high with an unusual crest including a tablet are in excellent condition and appear to be original paintings, large nickeled ornament with the underlying with “S. Willard’s Patent” on the lower glass. The gilt rope trim and brass showing through on the high spots. There gilt base are in remarkably good shape for almost 200 years. The is a similar nickeled ornament on the base of the only aspect of this clock that looks questionable is the eagle finial on walnut case. The two side mirrors are old with top; it should also be noted that part of the pendulum tie-down and gold chalk putti on either side. One has lost the the door latch and handle are missing. We picked this up at a local tip of its wing. The door glass is old, backed in auction where it was one of only a few antique clocks from a fine black with an opening to see the Eclipse pendu- Kentucky estate. At the time I did not have access to the move- lum bob, normally only seen with the Eclipse (ball ment, so it was a pleasant surprise when I removed the dial. Prices -top) model. The very old paper dial is signed for Curtis & Dunning clocks vary greatly with condition and style, faintly with the ST logo. The ST lyre movement is but $1500-$2500 seems about right here. running and striking; there used to be an alarm but it has been removed and only the set ring remains. I see no 24. $600 indication that this is not the original movement to this case; the New Haven “Sauer’s Advertiser”, ca. 1910. These clocks were made door opens with a push-button on the side typical of Seth Thomas in the early 1900’s by Sauer’s in Richmond, VA, using a New Haven clocks, and there is a brass tab at the bottom to center the pendu- time-only, 8-day unsigned movement and case, 42 inches in length. lum, also typical of ST clocks from the late 1800’s. There is a signed It has a 12-inch signed, painted dial that shows some smearing of the ST gong. There was a label on the bottom of the backwall but it has lettering from aggressive cleaning. The plain wood case is darkly been lost, so we cannot be sure that the case is ST issue, and in the stained and has a few scrapes. The advertising glass is the main absence of any other evidence of a Seth Thomas mirrorside, we attraction and is in excellent shape with no scratches or losses; how-

5 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures ever, there is some tarnishing to the gold medals. the calendar dial repainted a while ago. The upper Sauer’s reissued this clock in the 1970’s; reissues glass is old, the calendar glass modern. The hands have a bright green background behind the Sauer’s are old but may not be original, the mount for the name, while the originals have a dark green back- minute hand has been repaired. The 8-day weight- ground, as seen here. The clock is running fine and driven movement is unsigned and running, but not keeping time but is rather loud. There is a New with commitment, and stops frequently. The pen- Haven label on the back. Horton’s sold one in 2015 dulum rod is correct, the bob a replacement, I for $1500, but $600-$900 is a more reasonable ex- think. The weight that runs down the right side is pectation today. correct. The calendar movement is functioning, the day and date are advancing. It is 40 inches long. 25. $100 $1200-$1500. Seth Thomas “Eclipse”, ca. 1880. A 24.5-inch walnut case with a clean, slightly glossy finish. Old glass in the door 29. $475 with a good gold stencil. A signed paper dial in a Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 1”, ca. 1876. SCCC used a bright brass bezel. The 8-day, half-hour strike Seth Seth Thomas Parlor Calendar No. 3 case and movements (with one Thomas movement is running and striking. The important difference) for their first Fashion clocks in the early pendulum holds the correct Eclipse-signed bob. An 1870’s. How do you tell a Fashion No. 1 from a Seth Thomas Parlor untested alarm, an instruction label inside. Only Calendar No. 3? That important difference in the cases – SCCC cases flaw – the hour hand is incorrect, but a close match had an ogee-style base (seen here) rather than a quarter-round to the original. A popular Seth Thomas shelf clock. base, as found on the ST clock (see Ly, Calendar Horton’s sold one a year ago every bit as nice for Clocks, page 259). Of course, SCCC labeled $150. $125-$175. their dials with “FASHION” on the time dial, and “SOUTHERN CALENDAR CLOCK CO.” on 26. $225 the calendar dial (note that later versions of Seth Thomas “Orchid No. 6 Extra”, ca. 1913. A gold- this model had more extensive lettering). The plated and lacquered case, 11 inches tall, with con- original dials were paper over square zinc dials; vex beveled glasses all around. The four glasses are many collectors have had the dials painted as original and show imperfections that must have the paper dials decayed, and as found here. come with making a curved beveled glass. The gold These dials have been painted and “aged” arti- finish is really outstanding, only a few minor areas ficially. The 8-day time-and-strike movement is where there is any wear. It has a signed porcelain signed Seth Thomas and strikes on an original dial and the correct hands (see page 268 of Ly’s steel bell, as found in the early versions of this book on Seth Thomas clocks, Vol. 1). It has a 15-day model. The calendar movement was patented high-grade, half-hour rack-strike movement; it is running and strik- by R.T. Andrews in 1876 and was also used in the Parlor Calendar ing as required. I can only find one sale of this model in 2004 for No. 3. This one is quite dirty and sticky, but miraculously the day $400, so it certainly is not common. $225-$400. and date advance when triggered by the time movement. This was the only Fashion veneered in mahogany, and the veneer here looks 27. $100 great, with a clear finish. The only repair I see is on the upper bezel Boston Clock Co. marble mantel clock, ca. 1890. I hadn’t appreciat- between the 6 and 7. There is an instruction label on the door, and ed how many marble and onyx models BCC offered until I tried to another label, mostly missing, inside. This model is much less com- find this one in Ly’s books, American Clocks Vol. 1 and 2. Unfortu- mon than the later models, and you often find it pretty beat up. nately, this one is not shown in either book, $475-$600. Thanks to Tim Ritchhart for a great explanation of the so I can’t give it a name. It is 10 inches high differences between the ST and SCCC clocks. and 12.75 inches wide, with gold-accented incisings and what I think are false marble 30. $1900 accents on either side. The porcelain dial Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 17”, ca. 1884. This clock sits behind a thick beveled glass in the brass came out of a railroad station in Canada, where they sash. There is a large window in the dial used a 24-hour dial. Several collectors, including the above the mainstem that lets you see the consignor have told me the dial is original. The solid hairspring and adjust for faster or slower oak case is 68 inches long with two old glasses in the timekeeping. Like all BCC shelf clocks, it has a platform movement door. These clocks are so big and heavy that they and a tandem-wind arbor where the time and strike trains are get beat up, and this one is no exception; the small wound in opposite directions. The company was in business for 10 finials are not quite right (the bottom center finial is years and focused on making clocks like those coming from France; missing altogether), and a piece of cutout trim that indeed, this black marble case was probably imported from France. should be at the bottom is also missing. The con- This guy is running and striking the hours and half-hours softly on a signor assures me that the signed No. 62, time-only, cathedral gong but running a bit fast. Schmitt Horan & Co. sold one seconds-beat movement will run when set up very similar to this one online last fall for $150. properly; I did not have the space to do so. The pen- dulum stick has been stabilized/repaired at the top 28. $1200 (not shown), but is correct, as is the large heavy Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 1”, ca. 1875. Horton’s sold sever- bob, the beat scale, and the brass weight and pulley. The hands are al of these in recent years, none better looking than this one. The correct; the case is not labeled. An uncommon clock. Too big to rosewood veneer is quite nice here, no missing pieces, no repairs ship affordably, but we can deliver (60¢/mi for <300 mi from Lexing- evident. The painted dials are old, the time dial possibly original, ton; $100 surcharge for each additional 300 mi). $1900-$2500.

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31. $1800 running and striking, 30 hours, with old weights; note that the verge Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 3”, 1879- has been repaired. Somebody added a small brass handle to the 1896. Those with keen eyes will note that this is door, the ivory escutcheon is still there and looks functional. Dust not your everyday No. 3. The two winding holes covers are missing. All in all, an attractive example from a famous indicate that this is a rare time-and-strike mod- maker, I just don’t know which one. $300-$500. el. There are only a few sales records for this model, most recently by Schmitt’s in 2018, for 34. $500 $2500. This example has beautiful rosewood Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No. 9”, ca. 1980. Not so much a re- veneer all around with no noticeable damage or production as an approximate copy of the origi- repairs. The dial glass is likely original, the door nal clock. Without going into detail, there are a glass certainly is. The dial was repainted some number of elements that are either missing or time ago and has aged. The hands are cor- poorly copied on this clock; in deference to the rect. The bezel is nickel and the trim around the woodworker who made this, the No. 9 had an door glass is painted nickel, and the weights and pendulum bob are abundance of challenging elements to copy (see shiny nickel to match. I’m not sure the weights and bob are ST is- page 262 of Ly’s Calendar Clocks). The 36-inch sue, however, and the bob is not damascened. The stick is correct case is walnut, and the movements are authen- and there is a worn and unreadable label on the bottom inside. The tic ST movements (the calendar movement by movement here is unsigned but is pictured on page 272 of Ly's book R.T. Andrews). It is, of course, 8-day time and on Seth Thomas clocks, Vol. 1; note the large S.B. Terry escape strike on a brass bell, and is running, striking, wheel and the two pulley mounts on each side of the move- and the calendar is advancing. The dials are ment. The clock is running a bit tentatively; it strikes on a steel newly made from galvanized steel, the hands bell. $1800-$2500. Thanks to Sam Licata for pointing out the move- are old hands from a triple-decker, the dial ment photo in Seth Thomas Clocks & Movements, Vol. 1. glasses modern glass. I don’t understand why the makers of these “tribute” clocks don’t sign them; I’d take credit for my work if I 32. $1000 went to the trouble to make one. $500-$1000. Wayne Cline banjo, ca. 1980. A 32-inch banjo with cross-banded trim around the throat and tablet, the 35. $900 latter showing Perry’s victory over the British on Seth Thomas “Garfield”, 1886. “Stately” is barely sufficient to de- Lake Erie in 1813. The painted dial is signed Wayne R. scribe this clock, 30 inches high in mahogany, with an old finish. The Cline, Bowling Green, KY, behind a bowed glass in the top surface shows more wear, but all the finials are there. The Gar- sash. The 8-day, time-only movement is signed as field came with nickel or brass trim and most well, made by the C.A. Lenderman Clock Co. It is collectors prefer the dial bezel, gong mount, running without issue, driven by a lead weight also pendulum bob and weights to match. However, signed. The eagle finial on top is new. This is an un- the catalog description from 1883 notes that it common model from Mr. Cline and I did not find a came with “Brass weights and bell nickel plat- match in Horton’s recent sales or in the Antique ed”, so matching was not a manufacturer stipu- Clocks Price Guide; he more commonly made dia- lation (See Ly, Seth Thomas Clocks & Movements, mond-head banjos. $1200-$1500. Vol. 2, page 727.) Here we have all brass trim and weights with a damascened nickel bob. The dial 33. $300 has an old coat of paint, possibly original, that is Plymouth CT pillar & scroll, ca. 1825? There were only two clockmak- chipping in places; the hands are correct. The ers working in Plymouth, the Terrys and Seth door glass is wavy. The signed movement is correct to this model Thomas; this clock must be from one of those and is running and striking without issue. There is a black label in groups, but as you can see from the label, the the bottom. Horton’s sold one last July for $1275. $1200-$1600. maker’s name has been lost. I have searched through five years of P&S clocks that Horton’s 36. $125 has sold, looking for a label that matches the Unsigned MOP iron front, ca. 1870. An 18-inch one in this clock. I learned that early clockmak- iron front with MOP and gilt decorations and ers changed their labels about as often as we flowers, all in very good condition. The dial pan change our socks. The dial on this pillar & scroll has been replaced and repainted, the bezel and is a Terry type, but which Terry isn’t clear; Eli glass appear to be from a porcelain clock, with a Terry, Terry & Son, Terry and Sons, Eli Terry Jr… beveled glass. Hands and pendulum bob are also Perhaps someone with more time can match the replacements. There is a convex glass in the port- label, or the movement to a specific Plymouth hole. The 8-day time-and-strike movement is CT maker. The 30-inch mahogany case is in good shape with the unsigned and is running but the strike is unrelia- usual repairs to the scrolls and to the left front foot. The brass fini- ble. No label. $150-$225. als are nice but likely replacements. The dial glass is very wavy and looks like it is held in by the original putty, although most has bro- 37. $500 ken out. The tablet glass is not wavy but the putty looks very old/ E.N. Welch “Sinico”, ca. 1885. A beautiful 45-inch black walnut case, original, so I am unsure what to think there. The tablet certainly has clean as a whistle, with the typical Welch ornate carvings and full- been repainted, probably in the door, but I don’t see a signature. length door glass. It matches the catalog illustration on page 278 of nd The wood dial is nicely painted, clean, but the cleaning has removed Ly’s 2 Edition, Welch Clocks. The dial is a matte finish replacement some detail; note the basket of flowers under the mainstem and the that I like, better than paper and unlikely to yellow; it is signed. The painted spandrels. The hands are old, the wooden movement is hands are replacements, as is the door glass. The 8-day spring-

7 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures driven “Verdi” movement counts the hours on a gong sold at Tim’s Inc. Auctions for $6500), but all retained the distinctive and the half-hours on a nickel bell behind the move- grain painting characteristic of Welton’s early clocks. We’ll have to ment. It is running, not exactly robustly, but steady; I settle for less here. $1200-$1800. replaced the suspension spring and had the move- ment cleaned. Nice labels on the back. $500-$750. 41. $1600 E. Ingraham & Co. “Corrugated Gallery”, 1870-1882. I think this is 38. $225 the 14-inch version if you measure bezel edge to edge; the chapter Seth Thomas Sons & Co. “No. 8011”, ca. 1872. A popu- ring is 12 inches, the diameter of the refinished chestnut case is 21 lar 17-inch cast metal clock with an angel pointing to inches. This model came in a variety of sizes, from 10 inches to 24 heaven and a small girl praying inches. It was available in chestnut, walnut, next to her. The case has been and gilt over chestnut. You don’t see many repainted, and shows some wear; it originally clocks in chestnut. These days you don’t came in bronze or gilt. All the details are pre- see many chestnut trees either, but as we sent, but the right wing has been broken off know, at one time they covered the eastern and re-attached nicely. The dial is porcelain US. The movement is signed and running with some wear around the winding arbors, without issue, with an overhead pendulum signed “Seth Thomas Sons & Co., N.Y.”, with hanger and an inverted crutch, even less some fancy hands that are not original. It sits common than chestnut clocks. The dial has behind a thick beveled glass. The signed move- been repainted; the hands are original and ment runs 15 days, time-and-strike on the half-hour. It is running there is a good label inside. These clocks seem poorly designed to and striking a nickel bell. There is a metal back cover. Horton’s me, as it is difficult to reach the pendulum between the case and dial hasn’t sold one recently, but the Antique Clocks Price Guide’s most if you need to adjust the pendulum length. On the other hand, they recent sale was at Schmitt’s in 2016 for $275; two 2018 sales on eBay were cleverly designed to maximize pendulum length to give a more for $243 and $265. $225-$275. reliable timekeeper. They are certainly uncommon, as there are only a few listed in the Antique Clocks Price Guide and the only re- 39. $150 cent sale was for a 10-inch dial in 2013 for $1200. $1600-$2400. Waterbury “Crane” store clock, ca. 1930. One of the three “large bird” series of store clocks (along with 42. $1500 the Stork and Pelican) and actually a mixture, with a Charles Jacques Hall Clock with tubular bells, 1905. Pelican crest and a Crane door, 37 inches tall. Either Jacques was the inventor, marketing his clocks the upper or the lower part of the backboard has through several New York importers/retailers after been changed out, but there is a partial Crane label he sold his business to Harris and Harrington in 1894. on the back. The dial glass is modern, the lower Here he was working with Bawo and Dotter from glass old with “REGULATOR” in simple gold letter- 1895 to about 1915; Bawo & Dotter, Limited are listed ing. The signed paper dial is evenly soiled, advertis- as the Patentees and Makers, N.Y. on the dial of this ing the Two Star Co. out of Brooklyn NY. The hands clock. This clock is shown on page 51 of Ly’s book, are correct, and the signed, Waterbury time-only movement is run- “Longcase Clocks and Standing Regulators” under ning. $150-$250. Borgfeldt & Co. (another retailer Jacques worked with after B&D). With its feet and spire finial this 40. $1200 clock is 8 ft 5 inches tall, but without the feet and Hiram Welton “Improved Time-Piece with center spire it will fit in a room with an 8 ft ceiling Alarm”, ca. 1840. This is an early Hiram Welton with room to spare. It looks just fine without feet clock and notable for its miniature size (24 and the finial. The case is solid mahogany with a inches). Welton took over the Eli Terry Jr. busi- deep rich finish, with thick beveled glasses on the ness in 1841 but it failed by 1845. It is unclear if trunk door and sides. There are full fluted columns on either side of this clock was made in that period or prior to the bonnet and trunk, and a swan-neck pediment on top. The back that in the 1830’s. He went on to make brass is open, covered with fabric. The metal dial is outstanding, with a movement clocks, and these are the ones you moon arch dial, hand-pierced brass detail, an engraved hour circle, find most often by him, and his brother Heman. and raised gilt beveled numerals. It is as clean as a whistle and has Note the label “Made and sold at Terrysville, not been resilvered. In the upper left is a “chime/silent” switch, and Plymouth, Con.” This uses a 30-hour time and on the right a dial to select the chime pattern (Whittington, Trinity, alarm movement that is running. As best I can tell these clocks Westminster). The clock strikes on nine 1.5-inch tubular bells; it also were grain-painted rather than veneered; there are a couple of ex- counts the hours on four bells. The clock is running and striking, amples on LiveAuctioneers of similar grain-painted or decorated and looking impressive; it will do the same in your home, but will time-and-alarm clocks by Mr. Welton. As you can see, unfortunately likely need adjustment by a knowledgeable clock repairman after there is no veneer and no grain painting on this clock. The columns transport and reassembly for best sound. Prices for 9-tube clocks and splat would also have been painted or bronzed; it appears the vary considerably, but I would expect between $1500-$3000. columns here were originally white based on the remaining paint. Did you know that we deliver? Ask Alexa or Google how far it is to Both glasses are old and perhaps original, based on the putty; the Lexington and multiply that distance by 60¢/mile; add a $100 sur- tablet was repainted by Tom Moberg. The wood dial appears origi- charge for each additional 300 mi. nal and is in pretty good shape; the hands and the alarm ring also appear to be original. There is a good label inside that matches 43. $325 labels found on other Welton miniature time-pieces. The three sales Eli Terry & Sons pillar & scroll, 1823-1831. Eli with Eli Jr. and Henry; Eli on LiveAuctioneers were in 2011 and all were for over $2000 (one Jr. left and formed his own company in 1831. Lots of pillar and

8 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures scrolls from this group. Some veneer repairs no- just for the tablet. There is an attractive and ticeable on the door crosspiece, and some chips clean wood dial, the hands are period. There is a on the upper left; the scroll piece at the top may good label inside, two old 30-hour weights and be a replacement. The brass urn finials are solid an old pendulum bob; the brass urn finials are on and held in place with wooden pegs. Both glasses wooden sticks and are hollow. Like all of this are old; the tablet repainted but unsigned. Good collector’s wooden works clocks, it is running label inside, and the 30-hour wooden movement and striking. Horton’s sold a similar Leaven- is running (this collector insisted that his wooden worth & Son in 2017 for $600. $400-$600. works clocks run). Horton’s has been selling P&S clocks with repainted tablets for $400-$600 lately. 48. $500 $350-$500. Ansonia “Prompt”, ca. 1901. One of Ansonia’s most popular large wall clocks, this one 44. $650 is in mahogany with an old rich finish, 50 inches Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 1 Extra”, ca. 1875. The long. There is an old glass in the door and two side case has been completely re-veneered with walnut lights, the dial is old paper, rather yellowed and by a professional. Absolutely flawless. The original about ready for replacement. Hands are correct, dial pan was repainted, the hands correct except the cathedral gong is mounted on a labeled base, for the unusual seconds hand. The dial glass is there is an Ansonia beat scale below the large brass modern, the door glass repainted and wavy. The pendulum bob that looks original. The 8-day signed, weight shield is original with a good label. The time-and-strike movement is running strongly and movement is the S.B. Terry round-type, as seen on keeping time. A label on the back. You don’t see page 272 of Ly’s Seth Thomas Clocks & Movements, many this nice. $500-$800. Vol. 1, dating this clock to the early 1870’s. The pendulum stick is original, the bob has lost all its 49. $250 brass finish; the weight is a replacement. The clock is running and Gilbert Clock Co. “Stella”, ca. 1879. A rare clock keeping time without issue. If you don’t mind the replaced veneer with a gesso or gutta percha border around the this is a great clock at a great price. $750-$1200. door and on the base, in a black lacquered case, 14 inches tall. There are metal trim pieces on the 45. $225 front corners of the base and metal leaves on the Ansonia “Consul”, ca. 1905. Here’s a crystal regu- upper corners of the door; the trim pieces are lator for which I can find no sales records on eBay, missing from the bottom corners. The decorated Antique Clocks Price Guide, or LiveAuctioneers. A glass is original, as is the black paper dial with a straightforward brass case that needs to be pol- stenciled shield design, the brass hands, and the ished, 13 inches high, with four beveled glasses regulated pendulum. The signed 8-day time-and- and a two-part signed porcelain dial with a visible strike movement is running and striking on a cathedral gong. There escapement. The dial has several hairlines. The is no label. You rarely see this clock, and rarely preserved this well. pallets are ruby, the signed movement is running No recent sales. $250-$500. and striking, rack and snail, on the half-hours and counting the hours. $250-$350. 50. $800 E. Howard & Co. “No. 5 Banjo”, ca. 1880. Howard’s most popular 46. $450 model, don’t you think? If you were going to own only the most Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 7”, 1888. The highly regarded American clocks from the 1800’s this one would second-smallest Office Calendar, at 26.5 inches surely be on your wall. This example is notable for (behind the No. 3 “Peanut”). This one is very origi- the well-retained rosewood graining on all the sur- nal. The glasses and hands are old, including the faces and its great original painted glasses. Draw- original calendar hand; the dials may have been backs are the alligatored dial (it must have been coat- repainted long ago as they are just too good to still ed with lacquer in the distant past to preserve the be original paint, but they show a lot of age; the lettering), the loss of the pendulum tie-down, and calendar roller paper covers are very dark, and the the lack of a label (although labels are not common). walnut veneer case shows no repairs and has all the The movement is signed and running keeping time; decorative buttons. This one is time-only with a the original pendulum stick is repaired near the bob, signed ST movement that is running effortlessly. which is worn but retains some damascening. No The pendulum bob is a replacement. The calendar day is advancing evidence of any damage to the case. Back when but the date needs adjustment. Good labels inside, and a date there were more collectors than clocks these guys stamp on the back (1888). About all you could ask for. The last one sold for a premium, but now with the situation reversed prices on Horton’s sold was in July of 2018 for $610. $500-$650. these icons are falling faster than we can keep up. $800-$1200.

47. $350 51. $500 Mark Leavenworth & Son pillar & scroll, 1825-1829. The Leaven- Seth Thomas “Violin” reproduction, ca. 1975. The Violin was a spe- worths worked out of Waterbury making exclusively wooden works cial-order only by Seth Thomas, never included in a catalog. Perhaps clocks. Their clocks are highly sought after. This is a standard P&S no other model has been copied as much as the famed (and ex- in excellent condition, 28.5 inches to the scroll-tip. As best I can tell tremely rare) Violin. This one was made by E.N. Harvell in the 1970’s the case is all original, while the glasses have been replaced; the (although there is no signature) and is about as close to an original tablet is a beautiful painting by Tom Moberg. I think this is a keeper as you can get. His reproductions are featured in Ly’s Vol. 2 of Seth

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Thomas Clocks & Movements on page 746. It stands (unsigned) on old glass. The banjo weight looks like a modern sub- 29 inches tall, 13 5/8 inches wide at the base, in wal- stitute, and there is a complete pendulum tie-down. nut with a beautiful finish. The glass matches the $750-$1000. original; the lyre 8-day time-and-strike movement is an original Seth Thomas movement, as is the gong 55. $500 and pendulum assembly; it is running and striking. Waltham mid-size, lever movement banjo, ca. 1930. There is a Seth Thomas label on the inside bottom. This banjo is 30 inches tall with a “Special Movement The dial is an original painted dial, touched up and with Lever Escapement”. The case is walnut, the glass- sealed, but chipping is evident under the finish. It es original in good shape, the tablet showing Perry’s appears to be stable; there is an ST logo and ST Victory of 1813 on Lake Erie. There is some chipping on hands. If you want a violin clock this is as good as it the dial around the winding port. It is running and gets. Horton’s sold a couple of violin reproductions keeping time. This is the least common size of Wal- in the last 5 years, one of which was very similar to this one, for tham banjos, I can only find a few sales in the last dec- $855 in 2014. $500-$1000. ade. $500-750.

52. $125 56. $1000 Jerome & Co. “Anglo-American”, 1857-1904. There E. Howard & Co. “No. 95” banjo, ca. 1923- is no label on this very nice Anglo-American wall 1934. A 40-inch mahogany case with the original glass- clock, but the movement has a New Haven Clock Co. es I believe, with some touch-up to the borders. The logo, indicating that it was likely made after 1857 dial is signed E. Howard & Co. at the bottom along with and exported to England by Jerome & Co. It’s 39 the marketer, Bigelow, Kennard & Co., Inc. out of Bos- inches long with carved columns, a carved base and ton; the dial glass is convex and the hands are original. delicate finials top and bottom. The door glass is Model No. 95 is shown on page 124 of Ly’s American old, there is fretwork behind the glass backed with Clocks Vol. 1. The movement is signed and uses steel red fabric as it would have originally been marketed. plates, introduced around 1930. The Geneva stop is The back wall holds a very old mirror, the dial paint- missing above the winding arbor, a common occur- ed zinc with some wear. The 8-day time-and-strike rence. It has a lead weight and a damascened pendu- movement is running and striking on a nickel bell. lum bob and is running and keeping time. There are a This is one of the finest Anglo-Americans I have seen number of recent sales (2017-2018) of this model in the in a while. $150-$250. Antique Clocks Price Guide, ranging from $475-$1100.

53. $1200 57. $500 Howard & Davis “No. 3 Regulator”, ca. 1858. A 38- Massachusetts banjo, ca. 1840. I can’t identify the inch banjo with a rich mahogany stain, all that’s left maker of this banjo but it is typical of Boston area of the original rosewood graining. All three glasses makers around 1840. It has a center screw-mounted, are modern and the throat and tablet repainted. An unsigned movement with a long straight click-pawl old paper dial, signed, is likely a replacement for the and a trapezoidal pendulum keystone. The 30-inch original paper dial; the minute hand is a replacement case is mahogany, no evidence of a base, likely re- (both may be). The 8-day unsigned movement is placement wood finial, and repainted glasses that running and as you can see it has been rebushed. have been reputtied into place. The flat dial glass is a The iron weight is correct and numbered “3”. The newer replacement and the repainted iron dial is held pendulum stick repainted, it may or may not be origi- in place by four screws that match the only four holes nal, but the hardware with it is. The bob is correct in the case, but the dial was made to be mounted and there is a working tie-down and crank. The tol- with j-hooks. The hands are original/period and the erances are close on this clock; to get it running reli- iron weight is lead-coated. The pendulum tie-down is ably takes some fiddling to get everything “just right”. On the oth- lost. $500-$800. er hand, it is not too big and not too small, just right. Horton’s has not sold a No. 3 recently, and recent auction prices vary considera- 58. $375 bly, from $1000 to $2500. Waltham Watch Co. banjo, 1932-1938. This is a 41- inch case with an uncommon red crackle paint finish 54. $700 and gilt crossbanding that was offered on a limited William Pratt banjo, 1835-1844. William Pratt worked number of models. It holds a platform escapement 8- out of Boston after finishing his training with William day, time-only movement that is signed “Waltham Grant in 1835, initially by himself and later (1844) with Watch Co” and is also used in their three-quarter-size his brother, and later again with his sons. This mahog- banjo. Although a repair receipt shows that the plat- any-veneered case is 32.5 inches long with the top form movement was repaired in 2006, I was not able fleur-de-lis finial. The iron dial holds the original paint to get the movement to run. The iron dial has the and a faint “William Pratt | Boston” signature, held in original paint (with touch-up around the winding place with j- hooks; the moon hands may be replace- arbor) and original hands and is signed, the dial glass ments. The 8-day time-only movement matches that is convex. I believe both reverse-painted glasses are shown for a Pratt banjo in Willard’s Patent Time Pieces original, the tablet showing the Boston State House. by Foley (page 68); it is running without problem. The It appears that the veneer on the upper portion of dial glass is a replacement; the throat glass is original the case was repaired and repainted. I can’t find that with the original painted design, the tablet is repainted Horton’s has sold a lever movement Waltham banjo

10 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures and I couldn’t find a recent sale of this model elsewhere. $400- ments, access to the movement is gained through a back door with $600. a metal cover. The movement is signed New Haven on the back, and also on the inner dial. It strikes on a cathedral gong and is run- 59. $400 ning and striking correctly. The catalog also states that it has solid F. Kroeber “Musical No. 5”, ca. 1888. Here’s a clock you don’t often metal ornaments, but that seems to refer to a female figure that see: a Kroeber Musical. It plays a 30-sec should be located on the top centerpiece but is missing here; the music-box tune on the hour, instead of smaller side ornaments are wood in the examples online. The 24- striking. The catalog says it plays a pop- inch black walnut case has been thoroughly refinished and is com- ular tune, but that was in the 1880’s; I plete except for the missing figurine on top. Note the textured don’t recognize it today. The case is black covering on the back wall, held in place with gold quarter- enameled iron, 10 inches high and 14.5 round strips. The outer dial is glossy paper with a black metal inner inches wide; the finish is glossy in most dial and the New Haven trademark. There is a good label on the places with some chips here and there, back. There are no comparable sales records for this clock, but Cor- particularly on the front right side. The sairs with standard movements have sold for an average of $341 gold incising is bright and there are faux marble insets on either over the last 10 years. $300-$500. side. The two-part porcelain dial is signed ‘FK’, with a few chips and cracks around the winding ports. It sits behind a beveled flat glass. 62. $100 The 8-day embossed movement matches that shown in Ly’s Kroe- Ansonia “Ringgold”, ca. 1886. A 24.5-inch black ber Clocks on page 263 and is running, keeping time, and playing a walnut case, cleaned up nicely with reeded/fluted tune every hour. You can listen to the tune here; it does not play columns on the sides and a peaked pediment. The loudly and would even be appropriate in a bedroom. Two push-pull stenciled door glass of a girl picking an apple is levers on the right turn off the sound or cause it to play immediate- original and as shown in the catalog illustration. ly. There are two labels on the bottom, one may be a repair label. The glossy paper dial is a replacement, the hands Horton’s sold one in 2003 for $1300 (it’s the only Musical listed in are correct. The 8-day T&S movement is signed the Antique Clocks Price Guide), but a more recent sale at Harris in and running, striking the hours and half-hours on 2008 was for $300. The consignor is looking for $400 or better and a nickel bell. There is an alarm (untested), a two- is probably justified for this uncommon clock. Includes a signed barrel pendulum, and an Ansonia beat scale. The Kroeber key and rate adjustment key. $400-$600. back wall has a textured paper covering. Part of a label on the back. Horton’s sold one not quite as nice a year ago for $100. $100-$200. 60. $500 B.B. Lewis “Calendar No. 2”, ca. 1865. I cannot 63. $500 determine who made and sold this weight-driven Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890. This hanging calendar clock, as the labels are lost; it is example has the early version of the Regulator either the Carter brothers or Welch, Spring & Co. No. 2 movement (square and pinned to the iron There should be a label on the back wall and on mount, see page 277 of Ly’s Seth Thomas Clocks & the back of the calendar mechanism on the lower Movements, Vol. 1) in an oak case with two old door. The 31-inch case is veneered in rosewood, and wavy glasses, an old brass weight, a repaint- the wooden bezels were likely grain-painted to ed dial, correct hands and a brass pendulum bob. match. The case has been cleaned and polished; The weight shows some wear and the bob has a the base is a replacement, not quite to specs. dent. The little buttons that are always missing Both dials are either original or very old repaints, from the bottom pieces are missing here as well. and both dial glasses are old and wavy. All the There is a winding crank but no label anywhere. hands are correct. The unsigned movement is a The clock is running, a bit sensitive to positioning. double-wind, time-only, driven by two modern round steel weights; Pretty solid overall. You could do worse. $500- the catalog says 8 days, solid plates, retaining power, steel-pivoted $700. rolling pinion. There is a key to lock/unlock the lower bezel. The clock is running and keeping time, the weekday is advancing, but 64. $500 calendar mechanism needs adjustment. This model typically sells Kroeber “Pyramid”, ca. 1884. This is an ele- for around $600. $600-$800. gant shelf clock, rich mahogany with a perfect finish, a pierced brass ornament on the base 61. $250 and beveled glasses on three sides. The case New Haven “Corsair”, ca. 1890. This is an unusu- is 17.5 inches tall, 14.5 inches wide and a al clock in several ways. I should note first that stepped 5.5 inches deep with vases or candle- it is uncommon; there are only two listings in holders on each side. Not a flaw to be found. the Antique Clocks Price Guide and three on The two-part dial is porcelain, signed, with LiveAuctioneers. None have a New Haven minor chipping at the winding ports. Hands movement with a visible escapement, as found are correct. The signed movement runs 8 here; none have this specialized New Haven days, time-and-strike on the half-hours, regulated by an unusual and Clock Co. pendulum. It has a ¾-inch beveled correct pendulum bob. It is running and striking, the strike being a glass in the door, something rarely seen, but bit reluctant. Remnants of a label on the back. I can only find one specified in the catalog description (see Ly, New sale, in 2004, for $1175 at Schmitt’s, and that clock had some serious Haven Clocks, page 317); the catalog makes no deficiencies. I would look for $500-$750 here. mention of a visible escapement movement option, suggesting that this may be a special-order edition. As with other visible escape-

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65. $150 small crack in the lower left corner, but it isn’t Seth Thomas “Paris”, 1895. Good grief, I searched through over very noticeable. There is an ivory escutcheon in 3,000 Seth Thomas clocks on the Antique Clocks Price Guide before the lower door and a replaced brass escutcheon I found a match for this clock; one sold at Schmitt’s in 2003 for in the top door, with a key; neither latch works $360. It is the only sale on Antique Clocks Price Guide. You will not for me. Two old weights compounded on find this model in either of Ly’s volumes on Seth Thomas clocks. It wooden pulleys; I hung them and the clock ran is 15.5 inches tall in an imitation marble adamantine finish, with im- for a few minutes and stopped; it struck the old printed black scrollwork on the front. It is embellished with gilt iron bell when I moved the minute hand around ornaments across the top and bottom; the gilt- the dial. I believe this guy would run nicely with work is remarkably well preserved, as is the ada- just a bit of attention; it has been in storage for mantine; I see only one spot to the right of the some time. The pendulum bob is 1880’s issue. dial where the adamantine has cracked. The There is a nice label on the backwall. Horton’s sold one a bit nicer finish on the top finial is not quite as well pre- last summer for $350. $350-$600. served. The signed porcelain dial sits in a brass bezel behind a convex glass; there is a hairline 69. $200 and a repair near the 11. There is a signed, round Seth Thomas column & splat, ca. 1835. A 29.5- movement with an external count wheel; it inch (short drop, 42T escape wheel) 30-hour strikes on a cathedral gong. It is running and wooden works clock. The mahogany veneer is striking as required, on the hours and half-hours. complete, the columns and splat repainted and There is no label (there are two jeweler’s repair re-bronzed. Both glasses are original, the tablet labels) but the bottom is stenciled with the date of manufacture, having lost most of its eglomise painting. The which confirmed to me that it was a Seth Thomas clock. Hence, the dial shows some peculiar wear between the 5 hunt through Antique Clocks Price Guide to find a name. Based on and 6 and in the middle. There are new paw the sale in 2003 I would expect this to sell for between $150 and feet in front, turned feet in back; the chimney $250. caps are a bit nicked up. Very nice label inside. The wooden movement looks ok but I can’t 66. $350 wind the time side and the strike side doesn’t Seth Thomas “Office No. 6”, ca. 1913. A 36-inch ma- want to strike; I can’t advance the hands. Like the previous clock, hogany case, old finish but not too dark. Painted this one has been stored for some time and a little attention is prob- dial with some fading and smearing from cleaning, ably all that is needed. The hands are correct but the hour hand has but very little chipping. Two old glasses and proper been repaired. Two old 30-hour weights. This style clock has been hands. There is a signed time-and-strike movement, selling for $250-$400 when in decent shape. spring-driven, that is running and keeping time. There is no beat scale, but there is a label on the 70. $125 inside bottom. Horton’s sold a couple of mahogany Seth Thomas 30-hour Looking Glass, ca. 1830. A No. 6’s in the last few years for $400 and $482. $400 Seth Thomas version of the Looking Glass clock, -$500. 35 inches tall with a full-length door that opens on the right. There is an escutcheon on the right side 67. $350 (but no key). The half-columns show the original Waterbury “Calendar No. 43”, ca. 1912. You see bronzing under an alligatored finish, as does the this model in walnut and oak; this is walnut, refin- splat. The mahogany veneer is good all around. ished some time ago, 28.5 inches tall with lots of The upper glass is original with the original putty, carvings, incising, and reeded full columns on the mirror has been replaced. The wood dial is each side. The door glass is original with its quite yellowed, perhaps due to a varnish of some painted dial surrounds in good condition. The sort? The hour hand is correct, the minute hand time dial is glossy old paper; the calendar dial is a not so much. I hung the weights but the 32T long- mess. Someone repainted and antiqued the drop wood movement would not run; it would strike. Old iron bell center portion of the glossy paper dial, for what and a good label, and a couple of old unmatched 30-hour weights. reason I cannot imagine. Moreover, they painted Horton’s typically sold these for about $150 of late. $125-$175. right over the mounting screws. Other than that, this is a very nice example; the 8-day time-and- 71. $150 strike unsigned movement is running and striking a cathedral gong Atkins & Downs 8-day wooden works, 1831-1832. A brief business on the hours and half-hours, and the calendar is advancing. There relationship between Rollin and Irenus Atkins and are remnants of a label on the back. This is a fairly common and Anson Downs; they largely provided wooden popular shelf calendar, typically selling for $400 and up. $400-$500. works clocks to George Mitchell, as indicated on the label in this 36 x 17-inch triple-decker clock. 68. $325 The mahogany veneer on the case is a little beat Seymour, Williams, & Porter 8-day wooden works, 1832-1839. A 35- up and there are some repairs on the edges. The inch mahogany case with carved half-columns and a carved splat of gesso splat is gilded but was overcoated with a a basket of fruit and nuts in an uncommon design. The case is dull gold paint; there are spots where the gilding clean, free of chips, and the carvings are clean and polished. The shows through. The column capitols and the mid- old dial glass is cracked but has not been replaced, as it appears to dle columns are gilded and overcoated as well. be original, with the original putty where it hasn’t fallen out. The The top columns have been repainted to match lower glass is replaced and repainted, nicely, unsigned. It also has a the lower columns, which look like they have the

12 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures original finish. All in all, a previous restorer did this clock no favors. sale of an 8-day Looking Glass that I can find was for $425 in 2011 at The dial glass is replaced, the middle mirror original but broken; the Schmitt’s. $250-$400. lower glass original with only modest loss to the image. The wood- en dial is quite colorful but has a lot of losses (“stretch marks”). 74. $1000 Hands are period and there are two old 8-day weights, and a good E. Howard & Co. “No. 4 Regulator”, ca. 1874. At label. I could not test the movement because it lacks a suspension 32 inches, the No. 4 banjo is 3 inches longer than rod; they can be obtained from TimeSavers cheaply. You’ll need the more common No. 5, and with a 1-inch larger one at least 20 inches long. I would expect to sell a clock in this dial (8 inches). The mahogany case is grain- condition for around $250, based on previous sales of similar clocks painted to give a rosewood finish, and the grain- by Horton’s Antique Clocks. $200-$300. ing remains here but the finish is old and could use a bit of polish. The hinge for the lower door ap- 72. $200 pears to have broken off and been nicely repaired Barnes, Bartholomew & Co. 8-day shelf clock, (see photo). The glasses seem original, but may 1833-1836. An early brass-strap movement from have been rebacked; the dial is original, with some this short-lived firm in Bristol, CT. The mahoga- crackling, some fading, and a couple of small ny-veneered triple-decker case is 35.5 inches tall chips. It is signed and the hands are correct. The with a carved fruit basket splat, painted tortoise movement is signed, the pendulum bob dama- -shell columns with gilded capitols, an original scened but worn, there is a pendulum tie-down, mirror in the middle and the remnants of an the weight is numbered “4”. There is an instruction label on the eglomise tablet in the bottom door. The case bottom. The clock is running just fine; there isn’t much to complain shows overall wear with missing veneer on the about here. I don’t see that Horton’s has sold a Howard & Co. No. 4 side edges and nicks and touch-ups to the col- banjo recently, but these have sold for $1200-$1700 in the last five umns. It appears there should be finials years when in top condition. $1200-$1500. (pineapples?) on the chimney caps, although the dowel holes have been filled. The wooden dial 75. $400 board is soiled but still sharp. The hands are likely replacements. Seth Thomas “Queen Anne”, ca. 1883. You could get this in cherry, The mirror is in nice shape, and certainly old if not original. The dial ebony, mahogany, oak, or walnut, with or without a strike. This one glass is original with original putty, but much of the putty has is walnut, with a clear finish that is slightly glossy, and cracked out. The unsigned early (note the gear wheels) movement is time-only, eight days, spring-driven. It is running will run for a short while but the anchor escapement needs adjust- without issue. The door glass is old, the nickel pendu- ment; the suspension spring is torn and ready to be replaced before lum bob is damascened, and there is a beat scale; all or after it breaks. It strikes an old iron bell. Two old weights and a the finial knobs are present and there are no issues very dark and partial label, but enough to identify the makers. With with the case. The painted dial is original and has a replaced/repainted tablet this would be a pretty nice clock. Sale been touched up in a couple of spots; it is a bit faded prices for this style of clock run around $250. $200-$400. and a bit warped. The hands are correct. There are remnants of a black label inside. Another solid clock 73. $250 with little to complain about. Queen Annes are bring- Jeromes & Darrow 8-day Looking Glass, 1828-1833. An early and ing about $450 pretty consistently these days. $400- uncommon 8-day wooden works clock from the trio who invented $500. the Bronze Looking Glass Clock (initially with a 30-hour movement). A 35-inch case with a full-length door that opens and locks (ivory 76. $1000 escutcheon) on the right. Two half-columns that run the length of Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 6”, ca. 1880. A 48- the door and an eagle splat; I believe all have been repainted/ inch walnut case from the 1880’s (not a reissue) rebronzed, as they are just too nice to be 190 years old. The mahog- with a few small faults. 1. The dial has a significant any veneer is in excellent shape with some chips on the sides. It loss from chipping at the 2 position; there are lots appears there should be finials, likely pineapples, on the chimney of pinpoint chips as well, and there is fading and caps. The mirror is certainly old and probably original, behind the warping. 2. The top of the door is split and warp- original door backboard. The dial glass is original with the original ing outward. This could be fixed by a guy with putty; the wood dial is clean and fits tightly between the mounting some wood glue and a clamp, I think. Minor issues: strips. The hour hand is original, the minute The dial ring is nickel but the ST weight and pendu- hand a later replacement. There is a rough-cut lum bob are brass, and I’m not 100% sure that the dust cover over the top which slides in slots on bob is ST issue; these clocks often had damascened both returns; note also the tall chimneys to ac- bobs. The ball tip is broken off the lower right fini- commodate the pulley mounts for the 8-day al. The good: The walnut case has a great finish, (compounded) weights. At first I thought the clean and clear. The door glass is old and wavy. cover was an add-on, but now I believe it is origi- The finials are all present and correct. It has an unsigned No. 2 nal equipment. I went hunting on Antique movement, 8-day, time-only, that is running without issue. All three Clocks Price Guide for another example of this, hands are correct. Horton’s sold a similar example in July of 2019 but could find only two looking glass 8-day for $1300. $1200-$1500. clocks from Jeromes & Darrow, and no mention was made of a similar cover. The wooden move- 77. $125 ment is frozen and will need some attention if E. Ingraham “Ionic Calendar”, 1870-1924. A 24-inch imitation rose- you wish to run this clock. The label is incom- wood case with an old dark finish. Both glasses are original, held it plete, but enough is there to identify the makers. The most recent with what remains of the original putty. An old paper 10-inch dial

13 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures and three correct old hands. The signed 8-day inches tall (8.25 inches deep) in a mahogany case that is flawless. time-only and simple calendar movement is run- The silvered dial shows its age (~100 years) but is better than aver- ning without issue. There is a fancy brass pendu- age, and sits behind a convex beveled glass. It is running, striking, lum bob. Unfortunately, no label. $150-$250. chiming, and keeping time. If you don’t love the chime on this clock we’ll take it back. Three sales in the Antique Clocks Price Guide, the 78. $800 most recent of which (2010) was for $805 at Schmitt’s. $500-$800. Wm. L Gilbert & Co. “Regulator No. 1”, 1851-1866. This is not the regulator that you see in Ly’s book 81. $750 on Gilbert clocks on page 130. As described by Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 4”, ca. Carroll Horton in his 2003 auction, this clock was made prior to the 1884. Perhaps the most common Fashion model, formation of the Gilbert Clock Co. The most obvious indication of 32-inches high with the center finial, in solid walnut this is the well-preserved label on the weight shield, “Wm. L. Gilbert with a great finish. Both dials have likely been re- & Co.”, which was in operation from 1851-1866 and under the guid- painted, the time dial is showing some peeling ance of S.B. Terry after 1860 – and who likely influenced the design while the calendar dial may be a newer repaint. All of this clock. Note also that the clock winds between the 3 and 4; the hands look correct. The door glass appears to the clock shown in the 1875 catalog winds at the 2. The 35-inch case be original with good gold leaf lettering. The time (the 1875 case is 33.5 inches long) is veneered in rosewood with just movement is signed Seth Thomas, made for the a chip or two on the lower right outer part of the bezel. Both glass- SCCCo. It is running and striking brightly on a large es are new and I think the dial is a replacement, brass bell, with the calendar movement advancing. repainted in the not-too-distant past; the A brass pendulum bob on a wooden stick and two hands appear to be Sessions or Welch design. good labels inside, three good finials on top. I guess everyone who The tablet is a Seth Thomas pattern; Gilbert wants one of these clocks already has one, as prices for this model tablets had red accents. The 8-day time-only have fallen off the deep end. $750-$850. movement is unsigned, has a large escape wheel (S.B. Terry influence?) and is driven by a 82. $600 flat weight. It is running and keeping time. As W. Goodwin wall clock, 1840-1860. Wallace Good- noted above, there is an excellent label noting win worked out of North Attleboro making pri- its dead-beat escapement, retaining power, marily banjo clocks; here he ventured into the and a “very Perfect Pendulum”. The only fault regulator style but continued to use a banjo Mr. Horton could find with this clock was “the movement, driven by a regulator weight. The silver paint around the lower glass” and sug- hardwood case is 28.5 inches long with rosewood gested that it “would look heaps better paint- graining under a dark finish. The old paper dial is ed gold”. It now is. This clock sold for $1870 in 11 inches in diameter and signed, the hands unusu- 2003; Schmitt’s sold a similar example in 2004 al. There are two screw holes in the center of the for $1750. About half that would suit us today. $900-$1500. dial but no cross piece to screw in to; a near- identical example sold by Schmitt’s in 2013 also 79. $1000 had these unused mountings. It would be easy to suppose that a E. Howard & Co. “No. 70”, ca. 1923. A 31.5-inch cross-piece was missing in both clocks, but it doesn’t appear that a black walnut case with a dark but polished finish. cross-piece would fit between the dial and movement. The dial A bit of abrasion to the front lower edge of the glass is old and held in by nails. The lower glass is also old, likely base and the upper inside edge of the tablet, but original here, but I think the opening to see the pendulum bob has neither is particularly noticeable. Both glasses are been enlarged. There is no weight shield, and no label. The clock is original, with some touch-up to the backing on the running reliably. As noted above, R.O. Schmitt’s sold one very simi- tablet. The 12-inch dial might be early 20th century lar in 2013 for $900. $600-$800. original, with a scuff at the 7. Hands are original. Movement is signed, running, with original pendu- 83. $5000 lum stick and damascened bob. There is a No. 70 Forestville Mfg. Co. monumental Empire, weight, possibly a replaced weight shield, and a 1846. I know of six of these clocks: One is pendulum bob tie-down. No label. Another clock in the National Watch and Clock Museum where there just isn’t much to complain about. Horton’s has sold in Columbia PA; one is in the American walnut examples of this model for from $1000 to $1875 of late. Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol CT; one $1200-$1800. sold in 2001 at Cottone’s; one sold in 2013 at Schmitt’s; and one sold last November 80. $500 at Schmitt Horan & Co. The sixth exam- Seth Thomas “Chime Clock No. 16”, ca. 1913. No- ple is right here, waiting for a new home. body did chime clocks like Seth Thomas, making The case is 41 inches tall in flame mahoga- famous the “Sonora chimes” on bells and later, ny veneer with just a few miniscule chips rods. The chime movement winds separately; this and no evident repairs. The dial glass is model chimes on four bells and plays Westminster old, the center tablet is unusual in that it chimes. The hour strike is on a single bell, count- has a mirrored surround, with “Premium ing the hours. Why are these clocks so pricey? Clocks Bristol Ct. U.S.A.” across the top of the window and “J.C. Because when you hear them you realize nothing Brown & Co.” at the bottom. It is certainly original to the clock and else comes close. I don’t care for the appearance, is seen on one other example. The lower door has a very old mirror, but the sound is wonderful. This one stands 18.5 but I’m doubtful it is original. Moreover, I suspect that the door has

14 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures either been re-veneered or is a replacement. The metal dial is a the top board of the case is a replacement. replacement, the hands also old replacements. The cornice has an The wooden dial board is dirty and warped, extra 1-inch piece of veneered wood on top that may be original to and I think the numbering has been the clock, as the example in the American Clock & Watch Museum strengthened; the glass behind the dial also has an additional piece above the cornice top (see Roberts and should be a mirror, connected to a wire that Taylor, Jonathan Clark Brown and the Forestville Manufacturing Com- goes through the top of the case allowing it pany, 1988, pages 16-18). There is also a marble shelf that is not an to be lifted to view the brass movement. exact fit to the cornice top, and seems likely to be from something The hands are replaced. The unsigned strap else. The clock looks fine without it. The 8-day, signed brass move- brass movement wants to run but needs an ment is driven by two 7-lb iron weights that I think are modern re- adjustment to the escape anchor; possibly, placements. It is running and striking on a wire gong. There is a it needs heavier weights. It strikes the hours good label on the back wall, overpasted with a jeweler’s service on a large iron bell below the dial. The label from long ago. The label matches those found in other exam- movement and the dial board are a forced ples, and there is a photo in the Roberts and Taylor book. The ex- marriage, as evidenced by the filled winding ample that sold at Schmitt Horan last fall went for $7000; I believe holes in the dial. Which one is original to this one is a bit nicer. $5000-$7500. this clock? I think the dial, as it matches all but one of the other dials found with this model, and the wear on 84. $7500 the dial at the edges exactly matches the holes in the case where it Asa Munger “Stovepipe” shelf clock, ca. was secured. The replacement brass movement here is found in 1830. I can find five examples of this mod- one other Marsh hollow column, so it may not actually be wrong for el, this being the sixth. The “stovepipes” this model, as the movements for these Marsh clocks were made by are the columns on each side, made of others, including Birge, Case & Co. The beautiful tablet is of course metal and elaborately painted; I believe a repainting on new glass, unsigned. The label inside is a complete these have been professionally repainted. disaster, with only pieces of what appears to be two labels (original The elongated round weights are com- plus an overpaste, I assume). The weights are modern replace- pounded and hang from pulleys at the top ments and may be too light at ~5 lb. After all that, who would want of the case. There are carved ornaments this clock?! The average sale price of these clocks over the last 12 and capitals, a carved crest, and two pine- years is $4300, with the most recent, in 2017, for $5980 at Horton’s. apple finials. The door over the dial opens $3000-$5000. to give access to the movement from the front; there is also a tin cover over an 86. $1500 opening on the back. Nonetheless, ac- Ansonia “Double Figure Swing”, ca. 1900. This uncommon swing cess is difficult, including threading the clock stands 25 inches high on the rare deluxe base (see Ly, Ansonia cord over the pulleys (the pulleys do not Clocks & Watches, page 704), making it even less common; I can find match – the original one is pewter, the replacement has spokes). no corresponding sales examples. The Fisher and the Huntress stat- The lower door is often a single mirror; here it is two eglomise paint- ues were finished in Japanese or Syrian ings protected by a wooden cover. I imagine the upper painting is bronze, I don’t know which one was used original, while the lower painting seems like a replacement, but it is here, or if they are in their original finish. The still quite old. The upper tablet is peeling badly (it looks like an enameled cast iron base is 14 inches wide; the emergency to me!). The metal dial is mounted on the brass 8-day gold highlighting of the incisings on the front time-and-strike movement; it has the Munger trademark seconds is lost. The 4-inch nickeled can holding the hand (literally), but the dial does not show a signature or even the clock is bright, the clean and bright paper dial remains of one. The winding drums are pewter. The hands appear is signed and patent-dated, the metal orna- to be original, the dial glass is not. The weights are proper, the fly- ments and pendulum rods are bright gold and I ing eagle pendulum, also a Munger trademark, is very old and worn. would assume replated. The support between The label is a photocopy of what should be there on top of the wall- the two figures is also bright gold. The details paper dust cover, the remnants of which can be seen at the top of on these parts exactly match the Ansonia cata- the opening. The wooden ring that holds the right stovepipe in log drawings. There is a beveled dial-glass; the place is broken, has been glued, and will need more. The clock runs knob to set the time in back is missing. The 8- without problem, striking the bell over the movement on the hours. day movement is unsigned as is typical with these clocks; it matches It is 40 inches tall and 19.5 inches wide. Three recent sales on the movements in other examples. It is running without problem. LiveAuctioneers for $9000, $17,000, and $34,000. $9,000-$15,000. Horton’s sold one in 2014 for $1650; Schmitt’s sold two in 2018 for $1700 and $2200. None were on the deluxe base found here. $1600- 85. $3000 $2400. George Marsh & Co. hollow column shelf clock, 1834-1835. This is a beautiful and uncommon early clock. I count four examples in the Antique Clocks Price Guide and LiveAuctioneers listings, this is the fifth. It stands 38 inches tall in mahogany veneer in excellent condi- Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for tion with a gold gesso eagle splat, two hollow columns in which two round weights travel, on either side of a 10-inch dial housing con- updates and corrections, and nected to the base. This classical style is quite unique and although other hollow column clocks were made, none followed this design. additional photos! This clock is not perfect; here are the “issues”: The top of one wing (on the right) of the eagle on the splat has broken off (see photo);

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87. $1200 vented by D.J. Gale. There were three models made over the period Ansonia “Fisher & Falconer Swing”, ca. 1880. A 26.25 of 1871-1884, as well as a weight-driven model -inch double swinger in a gilt finish on an enameled that used the No. 2 calendar movement. The iron base. The gilt is not bright but it is original with clock uses a Welch, Spring & Co. time-and- little wear or loss from zealous polishing. The 10-inch strike movement, signed, and was marketed base retains the gilding in the incised design on the by Welch, Spring & Co., as indicated on the front. The 4-inch can holding the clock is in brass, the inside label. The 30-inch case is veneered in paper dial is clean and signed, although a bit yel- rosewood with rosewood graining on the lowed; the hands are correct and there is a beveled bezels; the inner bezel is discolored. Both glass in front. There is an inside chip in the glass at glasses are old/original, with gold trim around the 6. The support piece and the pendulum rods and the lower door. The lower glass design is ornaments are as shown in the catalog illustration. correct for this model, as is the paper dial, The movement is unsigned, as typical, but matches discolored but still quite readable. Remarka- other examples of this model. It is running without problem. This bly, all the hands are correct, although the model is not terribly uncommon, selling for $1600-$5000 over the weekday hand has lost its tail. The movement is running and strik- last decade. I could not find any examples with a gilt finish. $1500- ing, but I don’t see that calendar hands are advancing; you’ll need to $2000. look into that. The only thing I can find that isn’t exactly as de- scribed for this model in Ly’s book, Calendar Clocks, pages 48-58, is 88. $550 the pendulum bob; the back of the bob matches that of the No. 1 Forestville Mfg. Co. picture frame clock, ca. 1842-1849. A papier- Model, rather than the No. 2. The difference is subtle and irrelevant, mâché-mother of pearl case, 17.5 inches tall but there you go. Horton’s sold a Model No. 2 last July for $1625, by 12.5 inches wide with gold designs and and Fontaine’s sold one in 2018 for $2000. $1600-$2000. floral decorations on the picture frame sur- round and the door frame. I only see one 91. $3000 missing piece of MOP, on the door crossbar. E. Howard “No. 58-8 Regulator”, ca. 1900. This is the smallest and The painted decorations are still quite visi- most common of the three sizes of this model, at 40 inches long ble, and the finish overall is good. Both with an 8-inch dial. The walnut case has a great finish, glasses are old and likely original; the lower no nicks, scratches, or missing parts. The dial glass is tablet has a bright blue background and likely original, the door glass is newer. The painted should have an image of J.C. Brown in the metal dial shows enough wear to be original, as are center; I am including a photocopy of his the hands. The time only, 8-day movement is signed picture which you can mount on a clear “E Howard & Co., Boston” with the number 5, and is plastic sheet and restore him to his former glory in the door. The running reliably. There is a silvered pendulum stick, a painted metal dial is original and retains the JC Brown signature; the damascened nickel bob, and a number 5 weight run- signature has been strengthened. Note the cutout in the lower left ning behind the walnut weight shield. The nickel pen- corner of the dial to accommodate the door latch, noted on other dulum tie-down is present and functional. The door examples of this model. Note also that the door knob is ivory. The key doesn’t seem to operate the lock (possibly, the hands are very old but not typical. The ribbed brass 8-day, time-and key operator is incompetent). I’m having a hard time -strike movement is signed “Brewster & Ingrahams, Bristol, CT parting with this clock. Prices for this model have USA” and is found in other examples of this clock. It is running and been ranging from $3000 to $4500 of late. striking. There is a blackened and illegible label on the back interior. This clock works as a shelf or wall clock. There are two examples in 92. $150 the Antique Clocks Price Guide ($850 in 2010, $600 in 2017) and Unknown calendar shelf clock, ca. 1885. The Schmitt Horan sold an additional two last fall ($1100 and $550). movement is marked Gilbert but the style is clear- $600-$800. ly that of several Southern clock retailers who purchased movements from the Wm. Gilbert 89. $500 Clock Co. in the late 1800’s; this would include F. Kroeber “Regulator No. 46”, ca. 1884. Kroeber the Davis Clock Co. in Columbus MS (1880-1906). Regulators No. 45, 46, and 47 are similar in style and Miller and Miller have a picture of this model came in walnut or ash. This is ash, 33.5 inches long. made by Davis on page 139 of their book, Survey It’s got all the embellishments (finials and buttons), of American Clocks: Calendar Clocks. The label, the original door glass, a signed 8-day time-and-strike normally inside on the back wall, is lost, so we movement that is running and striking on a cathedral can’t know for sure who made/marketed this example. The rose- gong, and a mirrored glass pendulum. There is even a wood veneer on the 25-inch case is practically perfect and has a signed beat scale on the back wall; the only thing clean glossy finish. The columns may have been painted at one missing is a label on the back of the case. The dial is time, the gilding on the capitals and plinths looks original. Both painted, the hands correct. There are two depth- glasses are old, the tablet is typical of these clocks. The dial is glossy adjusters at the bottom to plumb the clock and hold paper, the hands correct, although likely replacements. The 8-day, in place. Half-a-dozen auction sales in the last dec- time-and-strike spring-driven movement is running enthusiastically ade, ranging from $650 to $950. $600-$800. and striking on a wire gong; there is a nice pendulum bob. $150- $225. 90. $1500 Welch, Spring & Co. “Gale Drop Calendar Model No. 2”, 1874-1879. 200. $900 A very “straight” example of this astronomical calendar clock in- James C Cole banjo, ca. 1830. Cole worked in Rochester NH in the

16 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures first half of the 19th century as a clock and watch maker signed Seth Thomas, made for the SCCCo. It is running and striking and jeweler. He made tall-case clocks and banjos, but brightly on a large brass bell, the calendar movement advances spo- only one other banjo is listed in the Antique Clocks radically. The brass pendulum bob shows only the slightest rem- Price Guide. This banjo is 33 inches tall with a 7-inch nants of damascening. Two good labels inside. One finial has lost painted metal dial that includes his signature, probably its tip. The strength of this example is its originality, but it could restored in part where there appears to be some stand a good cleaning inside and out. Prices on these models have inpainting. The minute hand has been repaired. The fallen considerably. $750-$1000. convex dial glass is a replacement, as is the finial. Both glasses are old and the eglomise paintings may be W E Haines Cigar Advertiser clocks original; the throat glass is cracked at the top. Note W.E. Haines was a tobacco distributor working out of Abbottstown PA that there is some molding missing on the left side of in the early 1900’s. To promote his cigar sales, he created and distrib- the throat. The brass T-bridge pinned movement is uted clocks that he had modified with cigar advertising. It is not clear unsigned, running strongly with a lead weight. A rare example from if he sold these clocks or gave them to his best customers as promo- this maker; the clock noted above in the Antique Clocks Price Guide tional items; perhaps both. All have a label on the back with his busi- sold at RO Schmitt’s in 2018 for $2000. $1200-$2000. ness name and the destination of the clock. He used a variety of con- temporary clocks, apparently whatever he could obtain and modify. 201. $900 Virtually all were hanging clocks, some quite tall. Most were distribut- Seth Thomas “Garfield”, ca. 1883. This classic, weight-driven shelf ed to the Midwest, especially Kansas, but they were also sent to stores clock is 30 inches high, named after the second in Chicago and New York. These clocks were accumulated, presumably US president to be assassinated, in 1881. The in the early 1960’s as the stores closed or were remodeled, by a con- case is walnut in an old if not original finish and tractor for a tobacco company and stored on his farm. His family with with a nice amount of “patina”. The glass is Greg Arey had the clocks restored after his death in 2005; some of you original, the dial repainted long ago; the hands may know Greg from his association with the Kansas City chapter of are original, as is the pendulum and bob. The NAWCC, where he has shown some of these clocks in the past. All dial trim, weights, and damascened pendulum clocks have been cleaned and restored as necessary; all are running. bob are nickel-plated; the weights and bob They can be disassembled for ease of shipping or transport. could use a bit of polish and the weights do not match and I do not believe are Seth Thomas 204. $1500 issue. A decent label inside on the bottom, no W E Haines & Sons Cigar Store Advertiser date on the back of the case. The movement is “King Carlos”, ca. 1925. This advertiser stands correct to this model and is running, but would 65 inches high with a 28-inch topper with benefit from service. Horton’s sold this clock in 2017 for $1525. wings that extend to just under 36 inches. The $1200-$1500. clock is the 27-inch Wm Gilbert “Malaga”, in fumed oak with a three-glass lower panel and a 202. $500 7-inch signed metal dial. All glasses are old. Welch “Patti No. 1”, ca. 1880. The 18.5-inch rose- The 8-day signed Gilbert movement, dated wood case could use a cleaning if you want it to 1913, counts the hours and strikes the half-hour shine. The three glasses are old, there is black on two chime rods (“ding-dong”). It is running flocked paper on the interior back wall. The gold and striking. The handsome gentleman inside leaf on the front glass is a less common design and on the pendulum bob is King Carlos I of also seen on other Patti clocks (see page 352 of Portugal, who ruled from 1889 to 1908, when Ly’s 2nd Edition of Welch Clocks). The dial is old he was assassinated. It is unclear to me why a cigar was named paper, the hands are Welch. The 8-day time-and- after him, but there you go. Other prominently featured cigars are strike Patti movement is running and striking on a The Red Swan and Blue Bird. All paper ads are cleaned and well nickel bell. The standard Welch sandwich-glass preserved but faded, now overcoated with a slightly glossy finish. pendulum is present and there is a good label on the back, but the Wooden cigars with cigar rings bracket the wings. There is a good two “nubbins” that are usually found over the back columns have Haines label on the back indicating that this clock was sold to a gone missing. This clock could be brightened up with a new paper store in Missouri. $1500-$3000. dial; we can do that for you in ivory or white for $25. Horton’s sold one a year ago for $840, a typical price for these popular Welch 205. $1200 clocks. $600-$900. W E Haines & Sons Cigar Store Advertiser “Gallatin”, ca. 1925. This is the smallest of the 203. $750 Haines advertisers listed here, at just 35 inches Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 4”, ca. high. The wingspread is 29 inches. It is built on 1884. Perhaps the most common Fashion mod- a New Haven drop octagon with a calendar and el, 32-inches high with the center finial, in solid a 10-inch dial; there is a New Haven label on the walnut. This one has a very old finish, two likely back. There is a convex glass in the bezel over original painted dials with minimal chipping, the old paper dial, which is part of the topper. warping, and soiling. The time dial has a pen- Both glasses are replacements, as are the ciled note that the clock was repaired in Rich- hands. Note that the topper has been made from the backboard of mond VA in 1896. The seconds bit dial has been an early wooden works clock (see photo); this guy was all about replaced. The door glass also appears to be orig- scrounging and reutilizing clocks and parts. The clock was delivered inal, with good gold leaf lettering. Both move- to a cigar store in Hutchinson, Kansas, and there are a number of ments are very dirty, the 8-day time-and-strike is labels on the back for reasons that are not clear to us; an insurance

17 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures agency, several coffee shops, and the Kansas State Fair from 1942. is a pretty good label inside with the steam train The Breeze carrying There is also a date of 6-2-41. As with all these clocks, it has been passengers across the countryside. $250-$350. cleaned and refurbished and the surface sealed. This clock advertis- es Gallatin brand cigars, “The cigar that breathes”. Who knew? The 209. $50 signed movement is running, time only. $1200-$2000. Black Forest glass picture clock, ca. 1900. On the back of a side- cover is a stamped name, Franz Weigl, Uhrmacher, 206. $1500 along with several hand-written dates, the earliest W E Haines & Sons Cigar Store Advertiser “Alcazar”, ca. 1925. It is 61 being 1913. The frame is 12 inches high and 10.5 inches inches high and 29.5 inches wide, made from a weight-driven wood- wide. The gesso frame is cracked at the bottom with a en works column and splat clock, as evidenced by the side columns missing chip and the painted image of the village on a and the remnants of the original label behind river is lifting off the glass, with some scattered losses. the over-pasted “Jockey” label on the back- The hands are old. The wooden frame movement board. You can even see some of the bronze doesn’t want to run but it will strike on a wire gong. stenciling on the columns. The original move- An old pendulum and two typical pine-cone weights ment was replaced by a Sessions 8-day time- on mismatched chains complete the ensemble. $85- and-strike front-mount movement that is run- $125. ning and striking. The dial glass is an old re- placement, but the lower glass is original. The 210. $1500 hands are recent replacements. There is a Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 6”, ca. 1880. The No. 6, Haines label on the back showing that this with black dials and a long-drop pendulum can be considered a vari- clock was delivered Charles F Pusch Sons in ant of the No. 4 and is one of the more difficult models to find. Oth- Marysville Kansas – there are also numerous er distinguishing features are nickel-plated hands and a white interi- labels on the side of the clock for this cigar or door label. This example lacks the nickel store. The advertising here is very nice, but a hands (these are black Fashion hands painted bit worn. Alcazar was a famous racehorse silver) and the repainted Fashion label on the early in the last century (a trotter, I think) and this is a famous brand door glass is in an earlier style than the lettering of cigars. Haines paired “Orphan Boy” tobacco with it for an all- used on this model. The glass is old but probably Equus advertiser. Note the horse bust on the pedestal at the top of not original, the finish on the walnut case is just the topper. I think it should be all black but has been polished to right, and it is running just fine, striking on the copper. Busts were a special addition to these advertisers and were hours, and the calendar is advancing. The 8-day more often of famous people. This being Kentucky, a horse seemed movement is signed Seth Thomas and has the appropriate for us. You can have it in your house if you bid right. I expected long-drop pendulum with a dama- think this is one of the more interesting advertisers. $1500-$2500. scened silver bob. It stands 32 inches tall to the top of the center finial. Prices on these vary con- 207. $1500 siderably based on condition and appearance. W E Haines & Sons Cigar Store Advertiser “Fragancia”, ca. 1925. This $1500-$2500. advertiser is 45 inches tall and 30.5 inches wide with a 16-inch cigar on top, painted convincingly. This advertiser is built on a Gilbert 211. $50 “Washington” calendar clock and includes a partial label on the Seth Thomas “Cannock”, 1928, and “Petite No. 3”, 1925. Two small back. The unsigned 8-day time and calendar Seth Thomas desk/dresser clocks from the 1920’s, both in mahogany movement is running. The labels retain good cases, 4.5 inches high, both with inlays of lighter wood. The Can- color and definition, while the Napoleon label nock, on the left, holds a backwind 8-day lever movement that is on the inside, promoting a smokeless tobac- running, but a bit slow; the case shows some crinkling to the varnish co (snuff), is a bit worn. There are additional but is only noticeable up close. There is a silvered dial and a convex labels on both sides of the clock (this guy glass. The Petite has a gold metal dial and a stuck a label everywhere that was available). lever movement that runs one day. It is run- Both glasses are old but may not be original; ning a bit fast. The finish on the case is clean there is a good dial and three old hands, and and glossy; there is a label on the bottom. $60 a Haines label on the back, but the destina- -$125. tion of the clock cannot be discerned. I like the proportions of this clock. $1500-$2500. 212. $200 Wm. Gilbert “Tuscan”, ca. 1901. With "Brazilian Green Onyx Col- 208. $150 umns, Onyx Cap and Base, and a Rich Ormolu Gold Finish”, standing Birge & Fuller sleigh-front triple decker, 1844- 19 inches high; visible escapement on a porcelain dial. It looks pret- 1848. The successful partnership ended with ty good, but there are issues. The dial has a chip at 11 o’clock, and Thomas Fuller’s death in 1848. This is a very nice some light hairlines. The ornate metal base is example of their work, with flame mahogany broken both front and back and held together – columns on each side, a wooden dial, and a nice sort of – with solder and glue. The round French- middle tablet that has retained much of the dec- style movement was running until it reached the oration but lost most of the backing. The lower half-hour strike; the strike side needs work, as it tablet is a very nice replacement and comple- strikes continuously until it is unwound. So, this ments the middle tablet. The dial glass is also is more of a looker than a worker. If you’re good old. The signed strap-brass 8-day movement is with these movements it should be fixable. One running without issue. The weights are newer replacements. There sold on eBay last fall for $314. $200-$300.

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300. $150 thedral gong that sounds quite nice when the clock strikes. The dial Seth Thomas “Empire No. 13 and Lion”, ca. 1913. A holds the original paint and is signed at the bottom, the hands cor- 15.5-inch high crystal regulator with thick beveled rect. The interior is covered in black paper that appears not to be glasses, an ornate and gilded base and top, a stand- original but may be correct. There is mahogany veneer on the door, ard (flat) signed porcelain dial and a gilded lion on dial board, and base. It is 18.25 inches tall. $75-$150. top. All the gilding has been polished off the heavy metal parts (base, top, and lion) and all that is left is 305. $45 the copper base metal. The left glass has a corner Seth Thomas “Column”, ca. 1870. This is an ever-popular small shelf chip. The dial shows some cracks at the 3 position. clock (16 inches tall) with a big 8-day time-and-strike The hands are correct as is the false mercury pendu- Seth Thomas lyre movement. The rosewood veneer lum; the 8-day time and half-hour strike movement is here is pretty good, all three glasses are old, the signed, running, and striking. A very similar example, with similar metal dial has been touched up from chipping rea- loss of gilding sold for near $200 on eBay in 2018. $150-$200. sonably well, and it has ‘ST’ hands. The middle glass is not typical and probably a replacement. A good 301. $25 label inside. It is running and striking as expected. Wm. Gilbert “Geranium”, ca. 1900. This is a variant of the Geranium $50-$100. made for an independent marketer; the label on the back is very incomplete, but it appears to be 306. $50 “Joyce____” out of Boston MA. It differs from the Seth Thomas “Column”, ca. 1870. The rosewood model shown in Gilbert catalog photos in the form of veneer on this example has some missing segments, the base. It is pressed oak, very nicely refinished, 24 particularly on the base. The gesso columns are an inches high. The door glass is a replacement, the dial old repaint (should be gilded), the glasses and mirror glossy paper, the hands period and correct. The pen- are old, but the mirror probably not original. A nice dulum bob has lost its luster. The 8-day Gilbert contoured metal dial, probably repainted, with ST movement is running and striking on the hours and hands. A big ST 8-day time-and-strike lyre move- half-hours, although the strike is a bit slow, probably because it ment, running and striking as expected. A good label inside. $50- hasn’t been used in decades or longer. The alarm was not tested. $100. $35-$100. 307. $50 302. $100 Seth Thomas “Column”, ca. 1870. This example has Ansonia “Brass Antique”, ca. 1886. This is a hanging 14-inch brass great rosewood veneer with a clear finish, repainted repoussé plate with porcelain cartouche numbers and a time-only, columns, an old repaint of a contoured dial with the double-wind 8-day signed Ansonia lever movement. It is running for ST logo, and two newer ST hands. The dial glass is short periods, reluctantly, as the movement is oily old, the mirror newer, and it has an unusual port- and dirty. The hands are brass, should be black, hole. The Seth Thomas lyre movement is signed painted white; I’m not sure they are the original Plymouth Conn, and is running tentatively. Good hands. I’m also not sure the chain is original. label inside from Thomaston. $50-$100. Nonetheless, a very uncommon clock; the only sales record I can find, in the Antique Clocks Price 308. $75 Guide, was by Horton’s in 2010 for $110. $100-$200. Sessions “Jupiter” mission-style clock, ca. 1908. A 17 -inch oak case in a “Weathered Oak Finish” with 303. $100 raised cast figures, brass colored along with the Ansonia “Prism”, ca. 1914. A 10.75-inch high crystal hands. I do not see a signature on the back of the regulator with four chip-free beveled glasses, a movement; it runs 8 days, striking a bell on the half- visible escapement with ruby pallets, and a false hours and counting the hours on a gong. It is run- mercury pendulum. Gold plated according to the ning and striking, with a Sessions pendulum bob. catalog, but most of the gilding has been polished There is an old label on the back. $75-$150. off and there are some spot of corrosion and spot- ting. The two-part porcelain dial is clean, the mi- 309. $75 nute hand an improper replacement. Contains a Goodrich iron front, ca. 1852. Chauncey Goodrich rack and snail unsigned movement that is running made clocks under his own name in the early and striking on the half-hours. These run about 1850’s. This iron front is 14.5 inches tall with fad- $125 on eBay. $125-$175. ed gilt and flowers on the cast iron front. The likely original painted dial is signed, the only indi- 304. $75 cation that this is a Goodrich clock, as the move- Jerome & Co. “Duchess”, 1857-1904. The New Ha- ment is not signed and there is no label. The ven Clock Co. took over Jerome & Co. in 1857 and hands are appropriate but not original, the dial is continued to market clocks with the Jerome & Co. faded and touched up around the mainstem; the label. This “Duchess” has a Jerome & Co. label on glass is new, porthole glass old. It is running and the back and a New Haven logo on the movement. striking, likely 8 days duration. $75-$150. It is an 8-day with a half-hour strike that is running and striking as required. There is a nice poly- 310. $60 chrome-decorated glass in the door typical of New New Haven Clock Co. “Round Gothic”, ca. 1855. This beehive stands Haven clocks, a single barrel pendulum, and a ca- 18.5 inches tall with what looks like rosewood veneer under an alli-

19 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures gatored finish. The veneer is remarkably good all ter, and touched up poorly to boot; note, howev- around, including the bezels, but the gunk detracts er, that Forestville Manufacturing Co is printed on considerably. The decalcomania tablet has suffered the dial just below the mainstem. The hands are significant losses but shows a man standing bya period and the dial glass is very old. The signed lake and large rock. There is a painted dial with brass movement could not be tested because the some in-painting, two old hands, the minute hand time-side weight cord was broken; note the solid being a too-long replacement; the dial glass is also a escape wheel on the interesting lyre-shaped move- replacement. The movement is unsigned, 8-day ment. It comes with one appropriate weight and duration I believe, striking the hours on a wire gong. one that is not appropriate for anything. The door There is also an alarm, not tested. A dark green label indicating the handle is hand-made. The tablet, movement, and maker. $60-$120. the case make this clock of value. $75-$150.

311. $225 315. $75 Ansonia “Queen Elizabeth”, ca. 1901. A 37-inch oak Kroeber “Pompadour”, ca. 1895. An enameled iron clock, 18.5 inch- case in an old finish with some alligatoring; the finials es tall with applied cast ornaments and a woman on top playing a look correct for the 1901 edition, as is the crest and mandolin. The paint is in good condition with no chips but the orna- base. Door glass is old and wavy, there is a decal on ments are very worn, with the gold worn off on all the high spots the bottom that is not original and could be removed and edges. The two-part dial is paper on the outside, showing wear with a razor blade. Dial is paper with considerable and soiling, and metal in the middle, with the correct hands. The foxing, the hands correct. The 8-day, time and half- glass in the bezel is flat and old. The movement is hour strike movement is signed and running, striking a not the usual Eclipse restrained-pendulum move- cathedral gong. Spring-driven. A break in the pendu- ment, but is signed Kroeber. There is one other lum stick has been repaired with scotch tape. Decent example in the Antique Clocks Price Guide of a Pom- label on the back. On eBay oak models sell for $250- padour with a standard 8-day, T&S movement. The $300; Horton’s sold one a year ago for $250. movement is striking a cathedral gong but only runs for a minute or so, and will need a bit of attention, 312. $75 perhaps just oil on the pivots. Partial label on the Seth Thomas “Chicago”, ca. 1880. This model came in two styles, bottom. This model in good condition sells for $150- with a full door glass, as found here, and with a decorative round $300, but here I would expect less. $100-$150. tablet in a wooden door. This one has been stripped from top to bottom and the 17.5-inch walnut case refinished nicely. The door 316. $50 glass is old. The columns have been repainted. Waterbury Clock Co. “Oak Lever”, ca. 1906. Oak Levers came in a The painted, signed, and dated dial is likely original series, from 4-inch to 12-inch dials. This is the 8-inch, time and half- and in nice shape, with no flaking. The dial board hour strike version. It measures 11 inches across the back. The oak does not match that shown for this clock (Ly, Seth case was probably cleaned some time ago, the dial Thomas Clocks & Movements, Vol. 1, page 188). The glass is not original. The signed paper dial is yel- pendulum is ST issue but the swirled pattern on lowed, the hands original, including a second’s the bob has been polished to death. The 8-day lyre hand. The signed movement is running and striking movement is running and striking on the nickel as expected, a couple of partial labels on the back. bell. The backboard has been recovered in black $75-$125. paper, there is no label to be found. $75-$200. 317. $100 313. $25 Seth Thomas Empire No. 201 crystal regulator, ca. Gilbert “Hanover”, ca. 1891. A nice walnut case, 20 inches tall, with 1928. Seth Thomas made about a billion models carved ornamentation and incisings all around. Unfortunately, the of crystal regulators, and this is one of them. It is centerpiece in the crest has been replaced with an inferior replica described as with a “Rich gold finish. Square cor- (see page 329 of Ly’s Gilbert Clocks). The stenciled ners.” The matte gold finish shows some wear door glass is old and appropriate; the old paper here, especially on the door at the latch, the base dial sits in a brass bezel. It has an Ingraham move- in front, and a bit on top. All four beveled glasses ment that is running without enthusiasm, striking are just fine. The dial is porcelain with diamond on a wire gong on the hours and half-hours, but hands. It holds a No. 120 eight-day pendulum the strike is delayed by about 10 min, so if you go movement with hour and half-hour strike, and is 9 by this you will always be late. There is an alarm 5/8 inches tall. Strikes on a cathedral gong; movement is labeled ring but no alarm mechanism; the pendulum bob and has a simulated mercury pendulum. It is running and striking is severely corroded. The label on the back tells us without issue. There are no sales records for this model in the An- this is the Hanover model. $25-$75. tique Clocks Price Guide or online, although Horton’s sold a very worn example several years back. Based on sales of similar models 314. $75 I’d expect $100-$200. Forestville Manufacturing Co. Eight-day OG, 1842-1849. At the bot- tom of the worn label are the names J. C. Brown, S. B. Smith, and C. 318. $100 Goodrich, allowing us to date this 30-inch OG clock to the mid- Seth Thomas “Grand” alarm clock, ca. 1909. A 10-inch tall all-metal 1840’s. The mahogany veneer is in excellent condition with just a alarm clock featuring the “Automatic Eight Day Long Alarm”. The few chips along the bottom and the lower glass is original and very brass drum housing the movement sits on a cast metal base with colorful. After that things go downhill. The wooden dial is a disas- what appears to be a copper sheath or coating; the catalog de-

20 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures scribes it as having a “Verde antique base” with a 7-inch gold dial, guaranteeing the clock and indicating that it was made for export. silver center, and raised black numerals and minute dots. I think The movement is stuck and will require attention to get it running. maybe someone polished the verde finish off the base; the glass in $125-$175. the bezel is appropriately old. It has a signed 8-day time-and-alarm pendulum movement that strikes on a steel bell; it is running, keep- 323. $100 ing time, and the alarm works but I’m not sure it alarmed at the Ingraham Anglo-American wall clock, ca. 1900? This right time. To be honest, I’m not sure how to cor- model is not shown in Ly’s book on Ingraham clocks rectly set the alarm, but there is a key that winds but there is an Ingraham label on the back and a the clock and turns the alarm shaft to set it. You signed 8-day, time-and-strike movement inside. The can figure it out if your smartphone alarm fails. attractive 42-inch case has a mahogany veneer and a The back is covered by a brass screen that fits but I mahogany bezel with trim pieces. The lower door don’t think is original. Only a couple of sales that I has a bit of fretwork at the top of the window and could find in the last decade, for around $150; one gold trim around the old glass. The dial is painted in just sold on eBay for $110. $100-$200. good condition with an inner ring; the dial glass is newer. The clock is running and striking as required. 319. $100 $125-$225. G.B. Owen “Texas, Extra”, 1875-1879. A 22-inch high black walnut parlor clock with cut glass in 324. $100 the door, an extra that Owen liked to use to dis- Seth Thomas Sons & Co. “No. 8043”, ca. 1876. An offshoot of the tinguish his clocks from the big manufacturers. Seth Thomas Clock Co. founded in 1865, with clocks manufactured Owen managed the Gilbert Clock Co. at this time in Thomaston CT but marketed in New York. They as well. The dial is yellowed paper, there is an primarily made French imitation clocks with round alarm (untested), and a single barrel pendulum. movements, which were housed in bronzed or gilt The finish is very nice. The clock differs slightly metal cases such as found here. By 1879 the com- from the 1878 catalog illustration in that this one pany was bought back by the Seth Thomas Clock has plinths below each column. The clock is running and striking Co. The round movements subsequently were the hours on a nickel bell. $100-$150. used in crystal regulators. This model is 16 inches tall with a bronze finish and dark accents; the 320. $100 bronze finish is still evident, but worn; it desper- Sessions Clock Co. “Drop Octagon 12-Inch”, ca. ately needs a thorough cleaning. It has an Egyp- 1908. A refinished oak case, 27 inches long, with a tian motif. The porcelain dial is signed “Mitchell 12-inch paper dial with old advertising for Claude Vance & Co., N.Y.” and is badly chipped at the 7 position. The mi- G. LaRosh Jeweler and Optician in Allentown, PA. nute hand is an improper replacement; the dial glass is beveled. The Both glasses are old, the “REGULATOR” lettering signed movement is not even close to running, and may be beyond on the bottom perhaps original, certainly as saving – it has been rebushed already. This clock’s value is in the shown in the catalog illustration. The hands cor- case, which I have not seen before; there are no sales listed on the rect but possibly replacements; the pendulum bob Antique Clocks Price Guide or on LiveAuctioneers. $100-$200. is as shown. The signed time-only 8-day move- ment is running without issue. $100-$150. 325. $125 American Clock Co. “Wide Awake”, ca. 1867. A 321. $100 cute little iron front, 16 inches tall, with an alliga- Wm. Gilbert Clock Co. “Curfew”, 1909. A long- tored finish but the flowers and MOP come popular model with a faux marble finish and a through brightly. The gold trim on the feet and all bell in an archway on top; the clock strikes the around the edge is barely evident. Old dial glass, bell with a nice clear sound on the hours and half bright brass bezel, old dial paper. Hands accepta- -hours. The case is wood, with incised gilt lines ble, porthole glass newer. Unsigned 30-hour on the front. This one has a pierced brass dial movement is running and striking a wire gong. that outlines cartouche-style numerals on a pa- Good label. $125-$225. per dial. There is an old flat glass in the bezel. The 8-day time-and-strike, signed movement is running and striking. 326. $150 The case shows its age (110 years) with some crackling to the finish, Seth Thomas “Chime Clock No. 57”, ca. 1914. A 12-inch tall mahoga- but would clean and polish up nicely. Curfews continue to sell for ny cabinet that has a severely crinkled varnish finish in need of res- about $150 on eBay. $150-$200. toration. It is 17.25 inches wide and 6.75 inches deep. The 6-inch convex silvered matte dial shows some wear and sits behind a bev- 322. $100 eled, convex glass. The clock is running C. & H. Cartwright Anglo-American wall clock, ca. and loves to chime on the four bells, so 1900? This clock uses a Seth Thomas 8-day, time- much that it will not stop chiming. If you only movement in an English-made case, marketed are willing to pull the chime movement it by Cartwright in London. The 30-inch case has the is probably a simple fix. You can refinish usual blonde-wood inlay with the scroll bottom and the case while you are at it, and you will carved fenestrations in the pendulum door. The have a clock worth twice what you pay for wood is probably oak with a dark and thick finish. it. Of course the Westminster chime on The signed dial is painted metal, the dial glass new- bells sounds great. These typically sell for about $250. $200-$250. er. There is a good Seth Thomas label on the back,

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327. $25 cluded. A very attractive shelf model in black. $100-$150. New Haven “Whitney”, ca. 1932. A 30-inch banjo in a “mahogany finished case” with artistic panels in the 332. $100 throat and tablet. There is a silvered dial behind a con- Jerome & Co. “Octagon Top”, ca. 1860. A 16-inch shelf clock with vex glass; an 8-day pendulum movement and a two-rod walnut veneer and black or ebonized trim in a typical Jerome style. “ding-dong” strike. The case is fine, the images a bit The gutta percha inserts in the top and lower glasses show no dull, and the movement ticks but the hands don’t move. breaks and the gold trim is still bright. Both glass- Some kind of adjustment/repair is needed. Whitneys es are old. The paint on the flat metal dial may be are not uncommon, selling for around $100 on eBay. original, the closed Maltese hands are very old. $50-$100. The brass 30-hour time-and-strike movement is unsigned, running but the strike is not working 328. $25 and requires an adjustment to one of the lift lev- New Haven “Drop Octagon”, ca 1930. This version ers. It should strike on a wire gong. There is a of the Drop Octagon is not shown in Ly’s book on nice label on the door with instructions for adjust- New Haven clocks. The 21-inch case is probably wal- ing the clock, and wallpaper on the inside of the nut, but could be oak with a dark stain. The finish is case. A nice example; these are selling for around $100 on eBay shot and peeling off in many pieces. The 12-inch these days. $100-$150. paper dial is also peeling, signed New Haven, with proper hands. The 8-day time-only movement bears 333. $100 the New Haven logo and is running, with a New Haven pendulum. I Jerome & Co. cottage, ca. 1860. A 16-inch cottage shelf clock in think the glasses have been replaced. There is a good label on the walnut, again with the black or ebonized trim edg- back. NH Drop Octagons sell for $50-$75 on eBay. $25-$75. es. Two black gutta percha inserts with gold trim, and an oval picnic landscape painting in the tablet. 329. $100 The gutta percha is cracked and separated at the Atkins Clock Co. “London”, 1859-1879. The clas- top and bottom of the tablet insert. What is gutta th sic “London”, with a 16.5-inch rosewood- percha? This 19 -century natural thermoplastic is veneered case in excellent condition, just a bit in derived from the latex sap of the Palaquium gutta need of cleaning on the base. Dial glass original tree from Malaysia and had many uses, in addition with an intact surround, middle and bottom to being formed into decorative inserts in Jerome glasses replacements. The painted metal dial is a & Co. clocks. The metal dial was repainted by The disaster, touched up poorly, still peeling, and Dial House, the door glasses are old. The 8-day time-and-strike badly in need of repainting; the hands are mis- movement is unsigned, running and striking a wire gong without matched. The unsigned 8-day, time-and-strike issue. There is a typical label on the back of the door. $100-$200. movement is frozen solid and won’t run or strike. There is a clear label inside. This may be a 15 or 30-day movement, as the springs 334. $100 are quite large. When in good shape and running order these popu- Jerome & Co. “Round-top”, ca. 1860. A third style of Jerome shelf lar clocks sell for $175-$250. $100-$200. clocks, this one 14.5 inches tall in a rounded form with rosewood veneer and the trademark black 330. $125 edge trim. A full glass door with a full gutta per- Seth Thomas “Empire No. 13”, ca. 1907. A 12-inch cha insert, this one with a gold-framed picture of crystal regulator with a cast base and top and four a harbor fortification and a sail boat in a bay. The beveled glasses. The gold finish is dull and worn off gutta percha is without cracks and the gold edg- on the high spots. The flat porcelain dial is signed ing is still bright. The repainted dial sits in a and has several very light hairline cracks. There is a wooden dial board; there is a large 8-day time- faux mercury pendulum. It is running and striking and-strike unsigned movement, striking on a wire on a cathedral gong. This model also came with an gong. There is a fancy New Haven pendulum animal on top (see #300). Key included. $150-$250. bob, the usual label on the back of the door, and wall paper inside the case. There is an old hook-clasp on the side of the door. Anoth- 331. $90 er nice example in this Jerome series of shelf clocks. $100-$200. E. Ingraham shelf clock, ca. 1886. This black enamel shelf clock stands 16 inches high and is most similar to the 335. $100 “Domino” model, but with two, rather than Jerome & Co. “drum head”, ca. 1860. The last of the four Jeromes four finials on top, a black dial board, full-length listed here, clearly of the same period but in a very different style. door, and gilded incisings on the stepped-out Thirteen inches tall and 12.25 inches wide, in a walnut veneer with base. The original finish is quite nice, the gold black/ebonized trim around the dial but no gutta still evident, and a nice gold trim on the bottom percha L. The dial has been papered and an- of the carved dial board. Note the mahogany- tiqued; the old glass is held in place by a twisted colored side ornamentation. There is a new copper rope, also seen on other examples. The signed paper dial and proper hands; the glass in 8-day time-and-strike movement is unsigned, the door is a newer replacement. The 8-day running and striking on a wire gong. The label is time-and-strike movement is signed, running, and striking on a ca- on the back, a bit beat up, but the important thedral gong, and there is a bright nickel pendulum with gold grape stuff is there. The case could stand a good leaves above; an alarm is also present. The lngraham label on the cleaning. Several sales listed in the Antique back appears to be a recent replacement. An Ingraham key is in- Clocks Price Guide, but nothing recent. $100-$200.

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336. $100 $1500 -$1800. Seth Thomas “Octagon Top”, ca. 1865. With a Plymouth Hollow label this clock must have been 403. $350 produced before Plymouth Hollow became Black Forest serpentine Vienna 1-weight, ca. 1860. Thomaston in 1865. The dial notes the patent A 45-inch dark hardwood case with an elaborately date of 1863 and is likely original, as is the lower carved door in the serpentine style. Note that the tablet and dial glass. The ST hands may be up- door opens at an angle, a feature of early serpen- dates. It holds a 30-hour time-and-strike move- tine models. No missing pieces that I can see, in- ment that is running and striking, although the cluding on the carved crest. The door glass is new- strike chain is rather loud. The rosewood veneer er, there are two side glasses as well. The two-part is clean in an old finish with just a bit of alligatoring. Some disguised porcelain dial has some hairline cracks and two veneer chips around the tablet. I like the tablet of strawberries a fancy hands. The single-weight 8-day movement is lot. A good label inside. $100-$150. running; the weight is a bit beaten up. I can’t find a good example of a comparable clock that Horton’s 400. $200 has sold of late, but I would expect a nice example Lenzkirch miniature Altdeutsch, ca. 1880. This 23- like this to sell for $350-$500. inch, miniature Vienna has an unusual movement described by D. K. Stevenson in a 5-page article in the 404. $900 August 2008 issue of Clocks Magazine (page 26). The Transitional Viennese Regulator, ca. 1870. An im- simple mahogany or walnut case is clean and un- pressive 3-weight Grande Sonnerie Vienna signed marred, the door glass is old, and the porcelain dial is “W : Popper in Wien” on the two-part porcelain dial. perfect with fancy Vienna hands. It is running and The hardwood (walnut?) case is 59 inches long with striking on wire gong on the hours and half-hours. ¾ columns on each side of the door, a two-piece The magazine issue describing this movement will be crest, and faux burl insets. The three glasses do not included. Manufacturer stamp on the back. $250- look old. The clock is running and striking in an in- $500. teresting pattern – once, twice, thrice, and four times on a wire gong on each quarter hour, each 401. $600 time followed by a strike on a second gong of a Biedermeier Vienna, ca. 1850. An early-style case different tone to count the hours. So, it tells you the with satinwood inlay banding (satinbaendern) es- minutes first, and then the hour. $900-$1200. pecially noticeable on the backboard. A two-piece porcelain dial with chipping at the three winding 405. $50 arbors in a cast brass piecrust bezel. The pendu- Miniature reproduction Vienna, ca. 1970? Our consignor thinks this lum bob is brass front and back, the stick wood. is a reproduction made in China but there is no label on The 38-inch case is mahogany, dark from repeated the case. It’s a 14.25-inch black lacquered case with lacquer applications; there is satin trim around the two side glasses, a full-length front door with carved edges. It appears that it had a carved crest at one branches and leaves, and a 2.5-inch porcelain dial with time, as is often found on Biedermeiers. The door Arabic numbering. There is a 30-hour spring-driven glass is newer; there are two side glasses. The round brass movement that we did not remove from movement time train is weight-driven while the the case; it is running but out of plumb. It takes a very chime and strike are spring-driven. It is running small key to wind, which I cannot supply; I found a but the strike is off and needs adjustment; as best I French key, #0, that would work. Cute for sure. $50- can tell, the strike (to count the hours) actuates $100. but doesn’t follow through. The chime is working (2, 4, 6, and 8 strikes at the quarter-hours) but also needs adjust- 406. $50 ment to sound bright. As Carroll would say, fixing this is above my Miniature reproduction Vienna, ca. 1970? Identical to pay grade, but one thing I did discover is that there is a lever to si- #405, but with a Roman numeral dial. Our consignor lence the chime and strike at the top of the dial. All in all, a beauti- thinks this is a reproduction made in China but there is ful clock. I don’t see that Horton’s has sold a similar model in recent no label on the case. It’s a 14.25-inch black lacquered years, but recent sales on the internet can easily exceed $1000 for case with two side glasses, a full-length front door especially nice ones. $600-$1000. with carved branches and leaves, and a 2.5-inch porce- lain dial. There is a 30-hour spring-driven round brass 402. $1200 movement that I did not remove from the case; it is Black Forest bracket chime, ca. 1880? A large running but badly out of plumb. It takes a very small table clock, 21.5 inches high, 13.75 inches wide key to wind, which I cannot supply; we found a French and 10.5 inches deep in highly carved and key, #0, that would work. Still cute. $50-$100. darkly stained oak, typical of the style. Old glass in the door, elaborate ormolu fretwork 407. $75 over a multi-part brass dial in good condition Lenzkirch shelf alarm, ca. 1920? A small solid hard- (might need a bit of polishing). There is a wood case, possibly walnut, 10.5 inches high with the horizontal shrinkage crack across the top top brass finial. A convex beveled glass over the pediment in front. Plays Westminster chimes yellowed paper dial signed Lenzkirch A.U.G. Brass on four cathedral gongs and strikes the hours ornamentation on the front and sides. Sets and on a fifth gong. Running and striking, 8 days. winds in the back, including the alarm. The clock is

23 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures fully wound and runs briefly, I did not test the alarm and did not (Jugendstil) style case is consistent with that open it up. $75-$150. timeframe. The 41-inch hardwood case has an or- nately carved top, a convex glass over the dial and a 408. $150 beveled cutout glass below, with pinecone finials on Junghans bracket clock, ca. 1910. This small oak the bottom. The case is clean and unmarred. The dial bracket clock is 17 inches high and 10.5 inches wide, is a cheap plastic replacement. The presumably 8- with small columns, nice finials, incising on the day, time-and-half-hour strike movement is running front and brass ornaments. The glass in the door is and striking. $150-$250. beveled, the dial is metallic paper in good shape. Unfortunately, it looks better than it runs. The 413. $300 Junghans 8-day time-and-half hour strike move- Gustav Becker two-weight Vienna Regulator, 1900- ment is oily and only runs briefly. A cleaning is in 1902. This clock, or at least the movement, was man- order. With that you will have a very nice German ufactured at the Braunau factory, as indicated by the logo, and, bracket clock from the early 20th century. $150-$250. based on the serial number (297401), between 1900- 1902. The light hardwood case is 44 inches long 409. $175 (note that the bottom finial is missing), with ornate French portico and shelf, ca. 1890. This inlaid rose- carvings on the side columns and burl accents, in- wood portico stands 18 inches high without the 2.5 cluding a burl inset in the base. Note also the burl -inch stand. There are inlaid vines and flowers on accent panel on the back wall. The door glass is not the front and top of the base, with lines on the old, the side glasses are. There is a two-part porce- top, sides, and columns, the latter mounted be- lain dial with fancy hands, as you would expect. The tween turned brass capitols. The machine-turned time-and-strike signed movement is running and silver dial is dark but a name and location striking on the hours and half-hours, driven by two (Amsterdam) can be read at the bottom behind embossed weights and regulated by a large brass moon hands, in a machine-turned brass bezel. The pendulum bob. What’s not to like? Horton’s sold a temperature-adjusting pendulum is quite ornate; number of similar Becker regulators in 2016 for the unsigned 8-day movement strikes a nickel bell around $400 apiece. $300-$500. on the hours and half-hours. It is running and strik- ing. Much of the wood is quite light in color, and the base is not 414. $25 original to the clock, although it matches well. It is designed to hold Hamburg American Clock Co. box clock, ca. 1920. A 25- a square glass dome, and still could. It has a shrinkage crack across inch mahogany case with beveled glass panes in the the surface and inlaid vining and flowers on the front. $250-$400. door, a large brass pendulum bob, and an 8-day time- and-strike HAC movement that is not running (it is 410. $150 striking). It is also lacking a dial. Details details. $25- Reproduction Altdeutsch Vienna regulator with calen- $50. dar, 1970-? This impressive case is 49 inches tall in a flat black lacquer. It was imported from China in the last 415. $150 half century – the movement is clearly marked “China”. Japy Freres marble portico with candelabras, ca. 1896. Entitled “Les The calendar dial shows the month, day of the week, Deux Pigeons” (note the two birds on the base), a 16.5-inch high and date but I can’t confirm that it is working. The white marble portico-style clock with weekday hand is missing. The spring-driven clock move- draped brass ornamentation, four mar- ment is running and striking on the hour and half-hour, ble columns, and three marble finials on likely running 8 days. $150-$300. a marble base on brass feet. The porce- lain dial is decorated with garlands and 411. $150 brass hands. The 8-time and half-hour LaRose Post-war regulator, 1949-1990. The spring- strike movement is running and striking driven movement is signed “LaRose, no (0) jewels, a nickel bell, regulated by a French sun- Made in West Germany”, clueing us in to the time- burst pendulum. It is signed in back; period when this clock was manufactured. The 36- there is a bezel on the back but no glass. The marble is clean, with inch hardwood (walnut?) case is in excellent condi- no chips or cracks, the brass is reasonably bright. The dial glass is tion but the two-part metal dial shows some stain- beveled and convex. There are two small matching candelabra, ing, and I’m pretty sure it did not start out with this both unmarred. $150-$250. movement – it appears to have a filled winding hole in the inner dial. The damascened pendulum bob is 416. $200 quite nice, and the clock is running and striking as Marti & Cie crystal regulator, 1889. This handsome crystal regulator expected on the hour and half-hour on a wire gong, is 13 inches tall with a mahogany base and top, and keeping time. The case has a nicely carved crest brass ornamentation on the front with brass feet. and base. $150-$300. The 8-day, time and half-hour strike pendule de Paris movement is signed, dated, running and striking. 412. $150 The mahogany top and bottom are without dents or R. M. Schnekenburger regulator, 1882-1900. There is a logo on the scratches, and the four beveled glasses are un- bottom of the back plate of the movement “RMS” around a rose; marred. The brass could use a bit of polishing. The this logo was used by this German clockmaker who was later painted porcelain dial is particularly nice. Note that bought out by Uhrenfabrik Mühlheim. The early German regulator the pendulum contains mercury but shipping should

24 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures not be a problem. $200-$300. springs are in brass drums; it does not appear to be a fusee. The brass face plate is tarnished and 417. $100 looks dark, and there is some discoloring to the Japy Freres & Cie gilt metal mantel clock, ca. 1870. silvered chapter ring from zealous cleaning. Frederic Japy & sons were prolific makers of There was some lettering on the inner dial disk clocks for 150 years, beginning before 1800. This but I can’t make it out. The clock is running 17-inch painted metal (originally gilded) clock strongly and striking two cathedral gongs (ting- shows a boy holding a basket of grapes with more tang) on the quarter-hours once, twice, thrice, in his upheld hand. The statue appears to be and four times, followed by counting the hours bronze, while the rest of the clock has been paint- on the hour. There is a key to the door latches. ed gold as the gilding was likely worn off from $250-$500. repeated cleaning. The porcelain dial is unmarred but the hands are mismatched. The base in 15 inches wide. The signed 8-day time and 421. $250 half-hour strike movement is running and striking on a nickel bell. R. M. Schnekenburger bracket clock, 1882-1900. No dial bezel and no back cover. The pendulum is not original to A 15-inch hardwood case very similar to the the clock and is too short, so the clock runs fast. $100-$200. previous clock (#420), clean and without scratches or dents and with a nice lacquer fin- 418. $600 ish. On the back of the movement is a rose with Louis Boname Neuchatel-style mantel clock, ca. 1895. An uncom- the initials ‘R M S’. There is also the acronym mon French antique clock style; not boulle (tortoise shell), but the ‘DRGM’ which indicates a registered German same shape (Neuchatel, named after a town in Switzerland on the design. It holds a multi-part brass dial with a border with France). The wood surface is painted with flowers and silvered chapter ring and brass filigree spandrels at the bottom front are two lovers sitting in a garden. The images on a brass blackplate; there is a fast-slow adjust- are a bit dark but still visible. There also are painted flowers on the ment dial at the top. The silvered chapter ring shows soiling or sides of the case, and the entire case is lacquered wear. The dial sits behind a heavy beveled glass in the door. It is and has a lovely antique patina. There are brass/ running and striking on the quarter-hours as described for #420. gilded ornaments all around the 15-inch case, with $250-$500. a large vase at the top. The 5-inch porcelain dial is practically perfect except for some cracks at the 422. $225 rating adjustment arbor. On both sides of the Japy & Cie gilt metal mantel clock, ca. 1860. A case are brass, fabric-covered screens to allow the large and impressive gilt and black marble mantel gong sound to be heard; the clock is running and clock with bronze figures, 20.5 inches high. The striking, with a single strike on the hour and half- ornamental metal has been nicely touched up hour. I can’t exclude the possibility that it should with gold paint but the bronze figures look origi- be counting the hours on the hour, but I did not nal, a girl next to the clock with a dove on her pull the movement to inspect. The movement is hand and small child in the center of the base. signed Ls. Boname, Seloncourt. I found one other example in the Nice gilding on the marble panels in the base. A Antique Clocks Price Guide, selling for $1600 in 2011 at Schmitt’s. topmost fern leaf has been broken off the top. $600-$1200. The dial is porcelain without flaws, there is no bezel or glass. The minute hand is a well-matched replacement. The pendule de Paris 419. $100 has a count wheel for the strike, dating it to pre-1880; there is a Société Clusienne marble portico clock medal stamp at the bottom dated to 1855. It is running and striking with side pieces, ca. 1850. A pink and on the hours and half-hours. French key included. $250-$400. yellow marble stand with metal orna- mentation and two matching urn side 423. $150 pieces. The marble is in fine condition, Japy Freres metal mantel clock, 1830-1850. This th with no chips or cracks on the clock or is an early 19 century clock that uses a silk the side pieces. Parts of the metal deco- thread suspension. It stands 14 inches high. The rative finials have been repainted, while gilding is still pretty good and I can’t be sure how other parts are brass. There is a decorated porcelain dial with elab- much, if any, has been touched up with gold th orate gold hands; there is some chipping to the dial at the rate ad- paint. I’m not sure who the 18 century figure is, justment arbor. The dial glass is beveled and convex. The 8-day but there seems to be a theme of science and time and half-hour strike movement is signed S.C.A.P.H. Cluses with industry. The porcelain dial shows a lot of hair- Made in France at the bottom. It is running and striking, keeping lines which are not evident in the photos. The 8- time, regulated by a French sunburst pendulum bob. The clock is 16 day signed movement is running and striking on the hours and half- inches high, the urn sidepieces 10.5 inches. $100-$150. hours as you would expect. $150-$300.

420. $250 424. $75 German bracket clock, ca. 1900? I cannot find a maker mark or label Roblin á Paris marble figural clock, ca. 1870. A white anywhere on this clock, but it was likely made around 1900; Win- marble base, 26 lb and 9 inches high with a 6 lb, 13- terhalder and Hofmeier made a very similar clock. These were made inch figural of a woman playing a mandolin and appar- for the English market. The 16-inch hardwood case (with top brass ently, making a point to the observer. The statue has finial) shows little wear and has a fine lacquer finish. The two-part been repainted and is not attached to the marble brass dial is mounted onto the thick brass plate movement, the base. The marble is in nice shape with no chips or

25 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures cracks. There are brass Roman numerals on the dial and fancy period. The ornamentation on the edges and base is really quite hands. It sits on feet that have been added. The pendule de Paris 8- detailed and has been cleaned and polished; note the unusual brass day, time and half-hour strike movement is signed and running. feet. The tortoise shell finish has had some repairs and touch-up. $100-$200. The repoussé brass dial has cartouche-style enamel numerals and ornate black hands. The door glass has been replaced; there are 425. $75 two full-length side glasses as well. A square French movement, French black marble timepiece, ca. 1880. No iden- signed as noted above, has an outside count wheel and runs for 14 tification on this small marble clock. Made with days (although it was not tested for that long). It strikes the wire Belgian slate with marble accents on the front gong on the hour and half-hour. The French sunburst pendulum edges and the usual flea-bites on the edges. The bob is a replacement. Horton’s sold this clock to the consignor in porcelain dial is clean, appropriate hands, and 2003 for $1000, a good buy then and it still is today at that price. there is a beveled glass in the sash. The simple $1000-$1500. movement is unsigned and time only, 8-days I assume. It is running without issue. A nice little unobtrusive clock. 429. $75 $100-$150. A.D. Mougin marble figural, ca. 1870. A 13.5-inch statue of “L’Art” as indicated on the nameplate at the base of the statue and signed 426. $250 Rousseau, presumably Victor Rousseau (1865- S. Marti figural, ca. 1870. This is a pretty spectacular-looking clock, 1954). It appears to me that it has been repainted. but it’s had some help. It did not start out black with gold high- It sits on a highly figured pink marble base, 7.5 inch- lights; it appears to have been a more typical bronze, or perhaps es high and 11 inches wide, holding a pendule de even more likely, gilded. The base metal is spelter. Somebody did a Paris movement signed S. Marti. Assuming the fine job of painting and adding the gold highlights once the gilding movement is original to the base, the figurine must was gone. The figures, a young woman and a be a later replacement for the original top piece. boy who are on their way back from fishing (or The floral porcelain dial sits behind a flat beveled a trip to the fish market), are painted slightly glass, surrounded by a brass ornamental wreath on differently from the clock base. I don’t see any four brass feet. The clock is running and the strike missing ornamentation, although it is unclear alarms but does not follow through. $75-$150. to me what the boy’s long rod represents. The black dial has inset gold Roman numerals and 430. $75 there is a beveled glass in the sash. The pen- Japy Freres & Cie marble clock, ca. 1890. A 19.5-inch dule de Paris movement has a count wheel for pink marble mantel clock with brass trim and urn. I the strike, dating it to pre-1880; it is stamped see no losses to the trim pieces and the marble has faintly with the S Marti logo. It is running and no significant chips or cracks. The decorated porce- striking, but the bell has been lost. $250-$500. lain dial sits behind a convex glass; it has an unusual time-only movement with the Japy Freres & Cie logo. 427. $250 It is running without problem. $75-$150. A.D. Mougin brass cartel, ca. 1870. A 34-inch French rococo-style brass cartel clock from the late 1800’s. Two royal 431. $250 French lions on either side and a gentleman in the Eluxa “Trianon”, contemporary. A small (14 inch) center top portal in a cape and armor holding a contemporary shelf clock in the Neuchâtel style, spear, no doubt in defense of the king. The brass black lacquer finish with bright bold trim, a gold has been polished and is clean and bright. There is a chased dial and cartouche-style numbers. Has a fancy porcelain dial and hands, with a center brass Swiss-made mechanical movement, 8 days, time and ornament. There is a bit of repair to the porcelain at half-hour strike on a bell. This model is the “Louis the rate adjusting shaft at the top of the dial. The XVI Trianon” and is no longer offered, but can be glass in the bezel is convex. The movement is found on eBay occasionally, listed for from $400 to signed, running and striking on the hours and half- $900. It includes a matching shelf for wall mount- hours, but is badly out of plumb. Horton’s sold this ing. Running and striking as expected. $250-$500. clock to the consignor in 2005 for $980. Weight = 28 lb. $250-$500. 432. $50 Japy Freres & Cie figural mantel clock, ca. 1890. The title of the 428. $800 sculpture appears to be “Premiers epis per Rousseau” which trans- Vincenti, boulle with tortoise shell bracket lates as “First ears”. I’m not sure how the lovely lady depicts that. clock, ca. 1860. “"Vincenti, Medaille D'Ar- She is 15.5 inches high in a bronze that appears to be original. There gent 1855" is stamped on the movement of is a sculptor signature on the back that I cannot read. this large boulle-style bracket clock from The white marbled base is 7.5 inches high with brass this famous French maker. It is 25.5 inches ornamentation, including around the bezel. The high and 17 inches wide with imposing brass porcelain dial has the Japy Freres & Cie logo, Arabic ornamentation, including a casting of two numbering, and a notable repair between the 10 and seated female figures mounted on the bot- 11. The round movement, time-only, is numbered but tom of the door. This theme of the two not signed. It lacks a suspension spring and pendu- females facing each other across a globe lum so I could not test it. The marble needs to be must have some significance because I see cleaned on this to make it shine. One side-arm finial it in several French boulle clocks from this is broken and partially repaired. $50-$100.

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433. $200 438. $175 Chinese cloisonné crystal regulator, contemporary. Japy Freres & Cie yellow marble garniture, ca. 1870. Who doesn’t It’s a beauty for sure, 20 inches tall, 11 inches wide love a set of candelabras with their large (massive?) figural clock? in shiny brass and turquoise blue cloisonné trim. This sculpture by Louis-Auguste Moreau of a girl picking pears from This guy is still in the box it came in from China, I a tree is 19 inches high, on top of the clock base of 7.5 inches. The don’t think it was ever used. It is running and strik- matching vase candelabras are 26 inches high on small marble ba- ing. The back door is missing a clasp. I found a ses. There is a porcelain dial, Breguet couple of similar examples that sold on LiveAuc- hands, and a beveled flat glass in a tioneers for $200-$300 of late. heavy brass bezel, with brass orna- ments surrounding on ornate brass 434. $200 feet. The statue has been repainted, or H & F Paris brass garniture, ca. 1870. I have to think this clock and at least touched up with gold accents, I candelabra set have been replated, they just look too good. I think believe. The same is true for the cande- it also has been lacquered to prevent oxida- labra. Nonetheless, they all look good tion. There are a few issues: There is a with a lacquered finish. The pendule de slight fracture in the brass top piece near Paris is marked Japy Freres & Cie; it is where the birds are roosting, but it is not a running and striking, but the hammer complete break. There is some copper needs to be reattached to the arm with a bit of super glue. The oxidation on the birds and one wing was statue will be detached from the clock for shipping, reassembly is broken off and reattached. One arm on a not difficult. $200-$400. candelabra is broken but stays in place. The dial is signed with the retailer but it is incomplete. The pendule de Paris is signed H & F 439. $100 Paris, and numbered; it is running and striking on the hours and half- Vauvray Freres black slate mantel, ca. 1880. Vau- hours without issue. There is a slightly bowed and beveled glass in vray Freres were primarily known as sculptors but the bezel; there is even a candle snuffer! The clock stands 14.25 they also sold clocks, as noted on the dial, from a inches tall, the candelabras are 16 inches. As garnitures go, this one location in Paris. This may just be a black slate is as nice as they come. $200-$500. case but it is beautifully polished to a deep luster with smooth edges and curves. A few flea bites 435. $150 on the upper edges of the base. It stands 15 inch- Japy Freres & Cie brass mantel, ca. 1870. A 22-inch es high, with a flawless two-part porcelain dial and brass mantel clock in excellent condition – no oxidation a visible escapement that uses ruby pallets. The dial glass is thick, or tarnish on this rococo-style brass clock. A porcelain flat, and beveled. The pendule de Paris movement is unsigned ex- dial with a brass inset behind a beveled flat glass. The cept for Vauvray Freres; the pendulum number matches the move- pendule de Paris 8-day time-and-strike movement ment. It is running and striking on a nickel bell. Heavy, as you might bears the Japy Freres & Cie logo; it is running and strik- expect, at 32 lbs. $150-$250. ing. $175-$250. 440. $125 436. $100 Warmink/Hermle Dutch stoelklok, ca. 2000? These Japy Freres & Cie bronze figural mantel ca. 1870. A were extremely popular clocks in Holland in the 17-inch metal figural clock that has been repainted 1960’s. It uses a Hermle brass movement, 8 days, in bronze with gold highlights. A nice porcelain dial driven by two brass weights. There is a rotating moon and Breguet hands behind a beveled flat glass. The dial above the silvered main dial with attractive brass pendule de Paris movement bears the Japy Freres ornamentation around the top. Marked made in Hol- logo. There is no pendulum for this clock but it was land, running and striking nicely on a small bell; this tested with a borrowed pendulum and it ran and one looks like new. You can find these clocks on eBay struck as expected. French pendulums can be ob- and from other marketers for from $100 to $275. $150- tained from TimeSavers. $100-$200. $250.

437. $200 441. $100 Vincenti & Cie slate architectural mantel clock, ca. 1880. A large and Zaanse Dutch wall clock, ca. 2000? As with #440, these clocks were very heavy (43 lb) Belgian slate mantel clock, 13 inches high by 18 made in Holland in the 1950’s and 60’s, but this one seems more inches wide. Three Corinthian columns on each side, trimmed in recent. This style has detailed brass ornamentation around the top gold with a gold-trimmed ornament in the pediment. The dial is with a figure holding the world on his shoulders; the gold-toned with painted black numerals and a center ornament on a bell is mounted directly beneath him. The dial is a black background, with brass hands. The porcelain tile in the Dutch style with a silvered chapter brass bezel holds a beveled flat glass. The ring. There is a second Dutch tile on the bottom. The clock sits on brass feet. The pendule de two brass twisted columns need to be attached with Paris movement has a Vincenti & Cie logo, small nails. This clock lacks a pendulum, backboard, 1855 and is marked ‘A1’ in a circle. It is run- and the two characteristic tear-drop gold weights as- ning and striking on a cathedral gong. Old sociated with these clocks. Zaandam teardrop fabric over the fenestrations in the back weights and sunburst pendulums can be obtained door. There are no significant chips or from TimeSavers. The movement was made by cracks to the case. $200-$500. Hermle, 8-day time-and-strike. Check eBay for compa- rable clocks, usually selling in the mid-$100’s. $100-$200.

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442. $150 is running, but the strike is not setting. The entire set weighs 62 lb, Zaanse Dutch wall clock, 1973. Made in Holland and dated inside to the record for this group of clocks. I recommend delivery or pick- 2 July 1973. There is bronze ornamentation around the up; contact me for delivery options and cost. $150-$250. top with a figure holding the world on his shoulders. The dial is silvered on a dark textured background with 446. $75 bronze spandrels, matching the bronze hands; there S. Marti & Cie crystal regulator, ca. 1890. A 10-inch are two full twisted bronze columns on each side. The high crystal regulator with four chip-free beveled oak case is heavy; there is a pendulum that shows glasses, a floral-decorated porcelain dial with ornate through the lower window of a rider on a horse. Two gold hands, and a signed pendule de Paris round heavy brass teardrop weights, one has a spot of corro- movement regulated by a mercury-containing pendu- sion. The movement was made by FHS (Franz Hermle lum. The movement is running, but not strongly; the & Sons) in Germany, 8-day, striking once on the hour strike alarms but does not strike so it will need some and half-hour; it is running but is out of plumb. This attention. The brass case is badly tarnished. $75-$150. example seems to be a bit higher quality, and probably earlier, than #441. $100-$200. 447. $125 S. Marti brass mantel clock, ca. 1870. Just 14 inches 443. $150 tall in well-polished brass with white cartouche nu- Unsigned French figural mantel clock, ca. 1870. A green marble merals on the dial, fancy silver hands and a convex base with brass trim supporting a female figure play- beveled glass in the sash. The back sash also holds a ing a mandolin with a bird on her shoulder, 26 inches convex glass. There is a Roman soldier sitting on top high. The statue has the original bronze finish with with a spear in his right hand and a shield by his left. no breaks or missing pieces; the brass trim pieces on The pendule de Paris movement has an outside the base have been lacquered. The marble needs to count wheel and the S Marti logo. It is running and be cleaned but I see no cracks or chips. A decorated striking on the hours and half-hours. Here’s a trick porcelain dial behind a beveled flat glass. The un- to setting a French clock in beat: loosen slightly the signed time-and-strike movement with external two screws in the back that hold the movement in count wheel is running and striking on a bell without place and turn the movement from the front just a bit while listen- problem. $150-$300. ing to the beat; when it is even tighten the screws down. $150-$225.

444. $500 448. $100 S. Marti & Cie lyre brass and marble garniture, ca. 1880. This was Unsigned portico garniture, ca. 1870. An attractive garniture set in a the centerpiece of our consignor’s French clock collection. The finish I can’t identify, almost nickel but with a verdigris patina. The brass and green marble lyre-form clock is flanked by bronze fauns portico clock is 14.5 inches tall, the three-light candelabras are 11.5 holding a rope of flowers draped inches tall. There is a musical theme here, with a lyre and horns on below the dial, surmounted by a mar- the small front piece of each item. The ble urn, all with bright brass trim and pendulum bob is also in a lyre shape. The ornaments. The floral-decorated metal dial has cartouche numbers and a porcelain dial sits behind a beveled porcelain center, signed “Aux Louis d’Or, flat glass. The pendule de Paris Palais Royal”, presumably the retailer’s movement has the S Marti & Cie logo location in Paris. There is a beveled flat and is running and striking on the glass in the bezel, surmounted by a ribbon cathedral gong; the back plate is and urn on top. Both candelabras have missing. The two matching marble been repaired where the right candleholder broke off, and the side and brass candelabra also have bronze putti mounted on each side finials on the top of the clock’s urn are broken off. The pendule de of the middle urns an each holds seven candles, with matching Paris movement is unsigned, with an external count wheel. It is snuffers. The brass and marble features are without flaws. This is a running but the strike is not functioning. $100-$250. common and popular model and a number of very similar examples can be found on LiveAuctioneers, selling for $500-$750. 449. $100 S Marti & Cie gilded figural mantel clock, ca. 1890. 445. $100 Just 11 inches high and 11 inches wide in the original A.D. Mougin green marble garniture, gilded finish with a figure of a seated young woman ca. 1870. Green marble clock and taz- holding up a couple of fish. Perfect white porcelain za side pieces for those who like mar- dial, Breguet hands, no dial glass or bezel and no ble, a lot. The clock is 18.5 inches high back cover. A time-only movement, running but and 15 inches across; the side pieces just barely, signed with the Marti logo. $125-$250. are 10.5 inches high. The marble on all could stand to be cleaned up, but 450. $200 there are no chips or cracks. The two-part porcelain dial with visible Japy Freres & Cie small table clock, ca. 1870. This escapement and ruby pallets is faintly marked in the gold inset “J brass, Louis XIV-style clock is just 12 inches tall with Gaujard, Orleans”, behind a beveled flat glass. The two-vial mercury elaborate brass decorations, garlands, and the req- -containing pendulum is displayed in the window in front of a mir- uisite urn on top. At first, I thought it was firegilded, rored back door; the front glass is beveled. There is a crack in the but I believe it is all brass, possibly gilded as I see no rear mirror across the top left corner. The pendule de Paris move- tarnish, but no wear either. There is a bit of spotting ment with external count wheel is stamped with the Mougin logo; it to the finish, mostly on top, but nothing you can’t

28 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures live with, and it might clean off with a bit of polish. There is a metal line crack running through the 9; the dial glass is beveled and flat. repoussé dial with white cartouche porcelain numbers and a retail- The pendule de Paris movement bears the Vincenti & Cie logo along er, L. Engelskirchen, Dusseldorf. The dial glass is convex and bev- with a “Made in France” stamp, indicating that it was manufactured eled. There is a pendule de Paris time-and-strike movement with after 1891. It is running and striking on a cathedral gong. A nice the Japy Freres logo and an outside count wheel. It is running and example by a highly sought-after maker. $250-$500. striking on a nickel bell. Note the small key hanging from the top, used to adjust the fast/slow setting. This little guy is too pretty to 455. $150 pass up. $250-$500. Descartes Mini-Morbier, 2004. This lovely and diminutive wag-on-the-wall is just 40 inches long, with a painted and 451. $125 signed porcelain dial and hand-painted brass repoussé Unsigned brass table clock, ca. 1880. No signature face plate and pendulum. The brass, 8-day time-and- that I can find on this 14-inch brass clock. There are strike movement is by a German firm, SBS Feintechnik, white cartouche porcelain numbers set in the brass who make movements for cuckoo clocks. It strikes a bell dial, no glass or bezel. The base is fenestrated such on top of the clock; a pull-handle behind the pendulum that you can see the pendulum moving; there are turns the strike on or off. It is running and striking, driv- lion’s (?) heads on both sides with protruding en by two black wag-on-the-wall-style weights. It is miss- tongues. And the requisite urn on top. The un- ing its slide-in backplate. Descartes, a German company, signed time-and-strike movement has an unusual made antique reproduction wall clocks; this one original- bell mount to the back plate with a coiled spring ly sold for $546. $150-$250. holding it in place; the bell is damascened. It is run- ning and striking, but just once on the hour and half- 456. $225 hour. The back door holds a Plexiglas window; I have no choice but German closed-well swinger chime, ca. 1900. No to throw a penalty flag on that. The brass finish is a bit worn and maker evident on this 32.5-inch walnut (?) case or tarnished, particularly in comparison with #450. Traditional French on the movement. It has an unusual strike, playing key included. $150-$250. the complete Westminster chimes on four rods at each quarter-hour, followed by a double-strike on a th 452. $100 5 rod once for each quarter-hour, and followed Japy Freres & Cie alabaster mantel clock, ca. 1860. by a strike to count the hours on the hour. It’s Another small table clock, this one 12.5 inches tall in complicated, but it seems to be working. There is white alabaster with hand-painted panels and trim a silvered metal dial with a bronze inset to match on the base, top bowl and dial. White cartouche the large pendulum bob, behind a lower glass. The signets with blue numbering on the dial, brass dial glass is curved. An interesting model I’ve not hands, no glass or bezel. There are brass trim piec- seen before. $225-$350. es on all the edges, small brass buttons in front, and brass side arms on the bowl. The feet are also 457. $1500 brass. I see no chips or cracks to the case, there is no back cover. Winterhalder & Hofmeier bracket chime, The signed movement has an outside count wheel, dating it to pre- ca. 1880? Another large (monumental?) 1880, and is running like a champ, striking the hours and half-hours. table clock in quarter-sawn oak with high $125-$200. relief carvings that include acanthus leaves on top formed into gargoyle faces 453. $75 on the pediment; carved columns on the Unsigned gilded table clock, ca. 1890. An 11-inch front that depict animal heads at the top tall, 10-inch wide gilded metal case with a girl car- and the faces of kings(?) on each side, rying a basket of fruit on one side of the clock. above exquisitely carved roses. There are The gilding is bright on most of the spelter clock additional acanthus leaf borders. On but the girl has been retouched with gold leaf, and each side there is a face carved in the much of it has flaked off. There is also wear to the fretwork – this clock has a lot going on! It finish in various places including the sides of the was likely made for the English market. clock cannister, and on some of the high points. The 21-inch high by 13.5-inch wide and 10- There is also a spot of oxidation, and part of the metal work trim is inch deep case has no splits, chips, or missing pieces that I can see, missing on the back right. I can’t exclude the possibility that the and just a bit of wear on the top. It is remarkably clean given all the entire clock has been repainted or regilded. The porcelain dial has a nooks and crannies, and clearly has been well-maintained. The back couple of hairlines but nice Breguet hands; there is no bezel or glass door has a metal screen over fabric; the flat glass in the front door is over the dial. The simple time-only movement is unsigned and run- old and wavy. The brass dial is impressive in its own right, with a ning fine; as is common, there is no back cover. $100-$175. king’s face at the top surrounded by ornate gilded decorations, a silvered dial ring and a matte gold center, all on a shiny brass back- 454. $200 plate. There is a fast/slow adjustment at the top left of the dial, and Vincenti & Cie brass and ceramic table clock, ca. 1900. the chime selector on the right. You have a choice of Whittington A brass clock, 14 inches high, with a painted ceramic chimes on 8 bells, or Westminster chimes on 4 gongs. It counts the tile of a windmill below the dial, a florally decorated hours on a fifth heavy gong. You can listen to the bells, light and dial, and a small decorated vase with musical instru- airy here, or the deep sonorous gongs here. The cord on the left ments at the top. There are brass flower garlands on triggers a repeat of the last quarter-hour chime and the hour strike each side of the case. The consignor says this case (Grand Sonnerie). The large brass, 3-train fusee movement is clean was refinished in 2002. Note that the dial has a hair- as a whistle and has the W&H logo at the bottom of the back plate.

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It is running, striking the hours, and chiming on the quarter hours as 462. $450 expected. There are two door keys and one winding key. I found English mantel clock, ca. 1880? A 21.5-inch-tall two comparable (but not identical) sales in the Antique Clocks Price carved mahogany case, 20 inches wide with an Guide, one of which sold in 2014 at Schmitt’s for $2800, and one 11-inch matte dial. Newer glass in the brass bez- sold by Horton’s in 2002 for $3500. You don’t find examples that el, old hands. There is a large unsigned brass strike on both bells and gongs very often. $1800-$3000. pendulum movement and two large fusee springs; it should run 8 days, striking a bell on 458. $10 the hours. Running and striking, just a bit fussy. Heco swivel mantel clock, ca. 1960. HeCo stands for Henry Coehler Brighton is a seaside resort directly south of & Co., a NY importer from Germany. The clock was probably made London. by Kundo. It stands 8 inches tall on a marble base in a swivel mount. The brass is tarnished and worn. There is a convex glass 463. $300 over the dial, which winds and sets from the back. English octagon drop, ca. 1880? A 28.5-inch Eng- The dial is signed Heco, 8 days 4 jewels, the lever lish-style drop octagon veneered in burled ma- movement is signed Henry Coehler & Co. It runs for a hogany with cross-banding and carvings below bit but stops frequently. Anniversary clocks and cuck- the dial. The finish is clean, there is an 11-inch oo clocks seem to be most common from Heco, but painted metal dial in good condition behind a they sold other clocks similar in style. $10-$25. convex glass, with fancy hands. The 8-day, time- only, fusee movement is running. The fusee cord 459. $10 has been replaced. There is a door at the bottom Kundo electronic clock, ca. 1960. An 8.5-inch by 9.5-inch wide brass to access the pendulum, and doors on both sides clock with a glass dome. The metal base is severely tarnished and of the movement. No label and the movement is unsigned, as is battery pack is corroded; a replacement battery pack is included, typical. $300-$500. you will have to install. I did not test it or disassem- ble. The battery generates a magnetic field that 464. $100 drives the pendulum back and forth; the clock itself French carriage clock, ca. 1910. These basic carriage clocks were and the dial look to be in good working condition. brought into the US by the boatload early in the last You can find these clocks all over the internet. $10- century. They were often marked on the dial for the $50. US retailer, but not marked for the manufacturer; the requirement that country of origin be indicated 460. $100 came into being with the McKinley Tariff act of Schatz & Sohne triple chime mantel clock, ca. 1975. Schatz was 1890. It stands 5.5 inches tall with good gold plat- founded in 1851 and lasted until about 1985 under various names. ing, unblemished beveled glasses and a plain porce- This model is not uncommon, being available on lain dial. The platform escapement is visible eBay and in online auctions, and often selling for through the top glass. Time only, no strike, and several hundred dollars. With the handle up it is marked “Made in France”. It is running and keeping almost 12 inches tall, with a wood top, brass accou- time, 8 days. Comes with a key that also sets the trements, and plexiglass sides. The clock sits on a hands. $100-$200. wood base with brass feet. The silvered and matte dial is signed Schatz. The attraction here is 465. $100 the triple chimes, playing your choice of Westmin- Winterhalder & Hofmeier small bracket chime, ca. 1930. A small ster, St. Michaels, or Whittington on 8 rods at the bracket chime clock, 10 inches high, with four beveled glasses (one bottom. The sound is a bit weak. The movement is signed on the on top) in a mahogany frame case. One side glass is cracked. It has back, Germany, with 7 jewels. It’s running and chiming. Case is in a silver repoussé dial board with a brass dial and very good condition. As noted above, this model often sells on matte center. The 8-day time-and-strike signed (W eBay for $200-$300. & H in Sch) movement is running and striking on two cathedral gongs on the quarter-hours (“ting- 461. $100 tang”), and counting the hours. The mahogany Veritable “Westminster”, ca. 1938? I haven’t had much luck finding case is clean and nick-free, but neither door latch is information on Veritable, it seems to be one of sev- working. I’ve not been able to find any sales rec- eral companies (all the same?) in France that make ords for this model; I estimate $150-$250. chiming wall clocks in a similar art deco style. This one is 27 inches long in oak with a very old finish in need of renewal. The dial glass is slightly convex, the lower glass with two silver dividers. The signed silvered dial shows soiling around the winding ar- Remember, any clock can be returned for a full refund bors but is otherwise in good shape. The move- ment is filthy, to use a term I don’t like to apply to within 30 days. If the clock is not as described, or we clocks. Remarkably, it is running and striking, but missed something not evident from the pictures, ship- the strike and chime are slow at best. It will need a ping costs are refunded as well! cleaning to run efficiently. The clock strikes on 8 rods behind the movement, playing Westminster chimes. This is a basic model, but a little effort will yield a nice wall clock with a love- ly chime. Comes with a French key. $100-$250.

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466. $400 469. $500 English fusee bracket, ca. 1820. I believe this English bracket chime, ca. 1930? An 18.5-inch mahogany case with a bracket clock is from the early 1800’s. It has triple-fusee movement for time, strike, and chime, Westminster or a painted metal dial attached to the move- St. Paul’s. An elaborately engraved dial ment pillars (like a tall-case clock); note the backplate with a silvered chapter ring, loss of paint at the pillar mounts. The dial is appropriate hands, and the usual sub-dials unsigned (as is the movement). The case is for chime-silent, fast-slow, and chime se- veneered in flame mahogany with limited lection. There are fretwork side panels cracking and losses. It sits on four brass ball backed by red fabric, a back door with a feet and is 18 inches tall with the handle. metal screen, and two full columns on There is some wear and tear to the veneer either side of the front. The heavy plate around the handle. The dial glass appears to triple-fusee movement is unsigned, with be original, based on the putty holding it in; there is also an old glass four cathedral gongs for the chimes and in the back door. A brass escutcheon and latch for the front door is one heavier gong for the strike. It is run- with the clock. It holds a single fusee movement with a geometric ning and striking dutifully. This is not a design hammered into the back plate and mounting brackets; the terribly old model to my eyes, based on pendulum bob is also decorated. The movement runs but the hands the condition of the case and dial. The mahogany is in very clean are easily disconnected from the gearing, such that they spin freely condition, as is the dial. There are locks on the front and back door with the slightest bump. Although tempted to pull out the move- but no door key; the front door is slightly warped and a key to latch ment and monkey around with it, I remembered that I know noth- the door would be helpful; one can probably be obtained from clock ing about fixing early English fusee clocks, and so retreated from supply houses or locksmiths. I couldn’t find a good matching sales that idea. These clocks do not seem to be common, with just a cou- record, but would expect $600-$1200 for this triple fusee, gong- ple of similar examples in the Antique Clocks Price Guide. I’d expect chime clock. $600-$1200, based on those comparables. 500. $75 467. $400 Four US Time Corp. “Waterbury” alarm clocks, ca. 1944-1969. Lenzkirch bracket clock, 1891-1892. This 22.5- Sporty looking alarms with rounded solid-color rims and matching inch dark oak case with a gothic shape and paper dials, 5.5 inches high, on nickel stands. Colors are deep green, spires holds a signed 8-day, time-and-strike maroon, tan, and cobalt blue; I think these are the only colors they movement that strikes on two cathedral gongs produced, so you get the full set for on the quarter hours. The serial number one money, as the auctioneer says. (934868) dates it to 1891-1892. No missing or The colored rims and dials are all in broken finials, the finish is old but not too dark excellent shape, only the green alarm to hide the grain. The silvered dial chapter ring has a rust stain on the dial from the sits on a brass backplate with gold ornamenta- alarm hand. The backs are nickel with some rust, and some have tion above that matches the brass side screens. replaced winding knobs. Glass dials and white or nickel hands, some The door glass is old. The clock is running, a bit with lume. They are 30-hour alarm clocks, some will run and some tentatively, and striking on schedule. I found one good match on need help. US Time was the follow-up company to the Waterbury LiveAuctioneers that sold for $750 in 2010. $400-$600. Clock Company and was renamed Timex in 1969. $100-$150.

468. $1200 501. $50 English table clock, ca. 1900? A large and impressive oak architec- Lux “Good Luck” horseshoe alarm clock, ca. tural case, 25.5 inches high by 18 inches wide, 12 inches deep with a 1939. You can always find one of these for sale broken pediment top, half-columns on on eBay, almost always for more than is being each side, pierced fretwork on the sides asked here and almost always in worse shape. and back that is backed with newer blue The chrome finish on these 8-inch by 9-inch wide fabric, and an ornately decorated brass clocks is often corroded, and the silver paper dial with a silvered chapter ring and dials can be worn or torn. There is also a green felt cardboard base matte center. Note that the minute hand that is often missing (but is present here). This guy is running but it is incorrect; a replacement can likely be is just a 30-hour alarm. No noticeable damage to the chrome finish. found or purchased from supply houses. $50-$100. There are sub-dials for ‘chime-silent’, ‘fast -slow’, and two different chimes, Whit- 502. $25 tington and Westminster. The large, 3- Gilbert “1807 8 Day” shelf clock, ca. 1930’s? This is a train fusee movement is unsigned, relatively large backwind clock, almost 9 inches tall, chimes on eight bells at the top and made of wood with tin strips running up across the strikes the hours on a large gong. The movement is running and face and top. It is painted in black lacquer; the dial chiming on cue, but I cannot get the strike to participate; it is fully glass is convex, the signed dial silvered with raised wound. The bell chimes are quite nice. The key that comes with numbers and brass hands. It has a nice art deco look this clock is big enough to choke a horse; there is also a door key but doesn’t run. $50-$75. and two working locks. I found several similar examples on the Antique Clocks Price Guide, with the most recent sale at Schmitt’s in 503. $25 May of 2018 for $1600. $1200-$1500. New Haven “Chime-Call” alarm clock, ca. 1930? This metal case alarm is 6.25 inches high, painted black with silver trim, with a con-

31 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures vex dial glass and a painted dial signed “Old Kentucky Home” and the calendar rollers is a bit smeared. All Ham- manufactured by B.H. & M. Co. Inc., Louisville, KY. mond clocks are “spin-starts”, meaning you have The B.H. & M. company was Belknap Hardware & to spin a knob on the back to start them after a Manufacturing, a large hardware distributer in Louis- power loss. While some would say that is a disad- ville in the first half of the 20th Century. This is a one- vantage, Laurens Hammond thought it was an day alarm that is running and keeping time, if you advantage as people would not be misled by a care to wind it. The painted finish shows considera- clock that had stopped and restarted. Telechron motors restarted ble wear. $25-$50. automatically, and a red dot on the dial would alert the owner that the clock had stopped. That’s why Telechron made clocks until 504. $50 1992, while Hammond achieved greater and more lasting success Jefferson Electric “bullet” clocks, ca. 1960. Two small electric desk with the Hammond electric organ. This clock has the original cord clocks, 5 inches high with 3-inch dials. The gold and plug and is running, keeping time, and the calendar is advanc- clock is the Model 880, an uncommon model ing. $75-$150. that runs on two AA batteries. The dial glass is convex with gold numerals and hands, and a 508. $50 white second hand. It is signed at the bottom Jefferson Electric Co. “Golden Hour”, 1951. The ever-intriguing ar- of the black dial. The gold mirror finish is good chetype mystery clock, 9 inches high with a 7-inch dial. A very good but not perfect and is brushed gold around the dial. The clock runs finish on this clock, with some spotting on the back and a little wear fast, perhaps today’s batteries do not match those available in 1960. on the top of the ring. You can’t scrub these clocks too aggressively The chrome clock is the “500” model, much more common. It runs or you remove the gold finish. The finish on the on household current; the cord is wrapped under the base. It has a hands is a bit rougher than I like. The clock is dated flat glass dial with gold numbers and lines, signed at the bottom, to November 1951 inside the base; there is the usual and a corrugated black dial with gold hands and a red second hand. red plastic cover on the bottom. It is running and It is running and keeping good time, and the finish is excellent. You keeping time, but a bit noisy; it quiets down after a can read more about these clocks at Roger Russell’s webpages. while. The electric cord is old. $50-$100 on eBay. $55 $75-$125. -$100.

505. $50 509. $250 Two Westclox electric clocks. The Ben Franklin (on the left) is not Electric Ad Clock Co. “Revolving Glow Ad Clock”, found in Biolchini’s Schiffer book on Westclox or in the Westclox 1932-??? The design was patented in 1932 and database at ClockHistory.com, but has a nice art deco style, in matte these clocks were used at least through the black plastic with glass over the signed dial and 1960’s. EACC was in Chicago, but a firm out of gold hands. Based on its model number (S1C) it New York also sold these clocks. It is 22 inches was likely made in the early 1930’s. It is running high, 14 inches wide, and 10 inches deep. There and keeping good time. The yellow clock on are six advertisements on the rotating drum at the right is the Moonbeam, a hard-to-find alarm the bottom, rotating every 10 seconds. These model that initially flashes inside the plastic case when the alarm is ads appear to be from magazines from the triggered. If ignored it will buzz after 10 minutes. This model was 1960’s, but you could replace them with any ads made from 1949-1957, but the red dot power indicators (as found that fit, I suppose. The dial is 10 inches in diame- here under the 12 on the dial) were discontinued in 1954. This exam- ter with some loss of paint around the mainstem. It is running and ple also has the early brown luminous dial and hands. The plastic keeping time, but rather noisy as the drum rotates. Plus, it’s neon, case is in excellent shape; both clocks are about 5 inches high. $75- and there is some hum. I don’t think the noise mattered where they $150. were displayed (taverns, etc.), and if you like this clock it probably won’t matter to you either. There are the remains of an instruction 506. $50 label on the back, and a metal tag that is found on some of these United Clock Co. “Aquarium”, 1950’s. A delightful novelty clock clocks is missing, but it would tell you that there is a Telechron elec- with tropical fish circling around behind aquarium plants. There is a tric motor inside the clock made by the EACC. The front of the clock light that can be turned on at night to amplify the effect or serve as is wood, there is glass over the dial but no cover over the ads (never a child’s night light. The plastic parts and decals are in good shape is), and the case of the clock is painted metal. The electric cord is and the plastic cylinder with the fish decals is rotat- good; I did not open the case to inspect, you can do that if you are ing nicely behind the outer plastic cylinder. The the winning bidder. I don’t think you can have more fun than this ship’s wheel clock is running and keeping time. The with a clock. $250-$350. only fault I see is a missing center post and brass rail that should be running around the front of the clock. 510. $100 The wood stand has a few nicks, but nothing serious. Seth Thomas “Lever No. 18”, USAF, ca. 1939. Fun city right here! $50-$150. From the catalog, “An 8-day, 11-jeweled lever time movement No. 5160.” The 10-inch diameter case 507. $50 is black Bakelite, with wear, with a hinged mois- Hammond Clock Co. “Gregory” electric calendar clock, 1928-1941. ture-resistant screw-down bezel. The cork seal This is the most common Hammond clock, commonly called “the has been mostly lost; the glass replaced with Plex- skyscraper”. You can find it in several colors; here it is in a clean and iglas and is not secure in the bezel. Sweep sec- unblemished black Bakelite case with a silver dial, 6.5 inches tall. onds hand; the clock is running nicely. The label on the side, “USAF, Note that the calendar at the bottom advances automatically but MX-771” is associated with the development of land-to-land missiles must be reset at the start of each month. Some of the lettering on in 1946. I didn’t know they made ships clocks for the Air Force; I

32 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures suppose plastic (Bakelite) was used to reduce the weight. Ly, Seth 515. $60 Thomas Clocks & Movements, Vol. 2, page 777. $150-$250. Parker & Whipple Co. miniature 1-day timepiece, 1880-1893. In 1880 Parker & Whipple obtained the right to manufacture these small 511. $50 timepieces with A.E. Hotchkiss’ patent, as indicated on the paper Waterbury “Sage” carriage clock, ca. 1906. A 5.5-inch dial. The clever mechanism winds in the back by turning the center high (with the handle up) dull brass case with four handle clockwise; if you turn it counterclockwise the handle un- beveled glasses including the top glass to view the screws, and you can use the keyed end of the crossbar to set the platform escapement. One side glass has chipped time by turning a shaft in the opening. How clever! There is a small corners. A porcelain dial with two faint hairlines, the pendulum attached to the movement that hangs minute hand looks to have been repaired. The signed under the cannister. The 3.5-inch case is spelter movement runs 8 days, time and strike on bell on the metal, typically with a gilt finish. I suspect this bottom; this one is fully wound but not running. No one was spray-painted a while back, as the gilt key. $50-$100. finish is usually worn off. The right rear leg is bent in a bit but could be straightened with care. 512. $25 The glass in the dial is old, the dial paper dark- New Haven “Winsome Chime”, ca. 1930. This banjo mod- ened, and it won’t run for more than a second or el is not shown in Ly’s book on New Haven clocks but two so; needs a little oil inside, I suspect. Ly devotes others, “Winsome” and “Winsome Strike” are shown. It several pages in American Clocks Vol. 1 to the Par- has a 27-inch long mahogany case with two reverse imag- ker & Whipple Co. and the follow-up company, The Parker Clock Co., es, the lower looking a bit flakey; the dial glass is convex but this (and many other miniatures by this company) are not over a silvered dial with gold numerals and a silver bezel shown. Nonetheless, they are fun to collect and take up little space. ring over the dial. It has a time, strike, and chime move- This is one of the more common models. $75-$150. ment that should play on four rods in the throat; howev- er, it cannot be coaxed to do anything and will need at- 516. $50 tention. $50-$100. New Haven gilded wall clock, ca. 1920? Couldn’t find this one in Ly’s book on New Haven clocks, but it is clearly a New Haven 513. $50 Clock Co. movement, as indicated on the bottom of the Telechron desk lamp and clock, ca. 1950’s. For all of us who still dial. The dial also states that it is a 12-day clock. The think a desk is essential, this 11-inch tall and 20-inch wide fluorescent porcelain dial is sealed behind a beveled glass with an desk lamp with a built-in electric clock is just unfortunate inside chip at the 9. The 21-inch case is the ticket. In that brown metal finish so com- carved wood, painted or gilded, or both. There are spots mon to 1950’s technology, with gold trim in- on the neck where the gilding has chipped off. The lever cluding a pen/pencil holder on the base. The movement is unsigned and running, with a backwind and lamp rotates outward if you need to get the knob to set the time. $50-$150. light right over your paper. Everything is work- ing; the finish is good, with a little bit of wear and tarnish, and a 517. $10 good cord. $50-$100. Regent Mfg. Co. metal novelty clock, ca. 1894. Regent Mfg. Co. was in Chicago in the late 1800’s and made a 514. $150 number of cast metal novelty clocks. A similar exam- Darche “Flash Light Electric Alarm, Bank and Call Clock”, 1910. This ple was sold by Ansonia as “Novelty No. 803”, and was clock would wake you up and store your finished in silver. This clock has a copper finish but money with a combination lock. It used to that may be because the silver or gold finish has been have a long cord with a push-button that polished off. It is 12.5 inches tall but the top part of the turned on a lightbulb (now missing) above mast has been broken off, and one piece has been reglued into the clock so you could see what time it was place. The tin-can backwind movement is running and keeping time; while lying in bed; you could take out your the clean paper dial is signed “Regent Mfg. Co. Chicago ILL”. Would money and count it under the flashlight. It be worth more if the top piece wasn’t missing. $10-$50. was fireproof – a significant advantage back in the day. It ran on a dry cell battery so you didn’t have to wind the alarm and it would 800. $150 sound until you turned it off (or the battery ran out). There are still Hamilton Watch Co. “Sawyer”, 1955-1964. A manual- wires running around inside. It holds a signed Waterbury hairspring wind wristwatch in 10 kt yellow gold fill with a 17-jewel movement that is supposed to run for 8 days, with a 24-hour alarm. Grade 730 movement. A refinished silver dial, sunken The dial is paper in very good condition. I can’t open the small safe, seconds bit, applied gold numerals and markers, and a but I think it is empty. Nor is it wired up to run, and the clock winds brown leather strap. New glass crystal. Running and but doesn’t run, and needs repair. You rarely find these in working keeping time. $150-$300. condition anyway, and the push-button light cord is usually gone. On the other hand, this example has the “Copper Oxidized Finish” 801. $150 that you never see and looks a bit like brass; every other one I have Hamilton Watch Co. “Ryan”, 1953-1962. A manual-wind wristwatch seen has the “Fine Nickel Finish” (see page 94 of Ly’s American in 10 kt yellow gold fill with a 17-jewel Grade 752 Clocks Vol. 2). It is 8 inches high and 12.5 inches wide, so it is rather movement, made from 1951-1954. This watch large for an alarm clock. But hey, it’s a bank too! These clocks in came with a black or silver dial with a sub-seconds nickel are not uncommon, and typically sell for $100-$200 when in dial. Attractive applied gold numerals and markers good condition. $150-$250. with gold double-outlining of the black dial. New prism glass crystal, signed on dial and back. Run-

33 Antique American Clocks – January 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures ning and keeping time. $150-$300. ment was serviced, including a new old-stock D-pin, by Jarett Hark- ness and is running and keeping time. The Pacer was most famously 802. $150 worn by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Note that the Pacer has Hamilton Watch Co. “Wilson” Masterpiece been reissued with a quartz movement. $500-$900. series, 1955-1968. In the late 1950’s Hamilton developed a Masterpiece series of reissued 807. $50 classic watches, typically with award engrav- New Haven “Dick Tracy” boy’s watch, ca. 1948. Neither the case nor ings on the back. The original Wilson was pro- the movement are signed, but the New Haven duced from 1954-1960; the engraving on the Clock Co. made the Dick Tracy character wrist- back of this watch is from 1965. A manual-wind in 10 kt yellow gold watch for boys in the 1940’s. The dial, with an fill, silver dial with sub-seconds dial, applied gold numerals, new image of the detective holding a gun and marked glass crystal. Masterpiece watches typically used Hamilton’s best “Dick Tracy”, is in good condition; the case is movement, the 22-jewel Grade 770, as found here; however, this stainless steel with some wear, 35 mm from pin movement is running but the hands won’t set. Will need service. to pin, 27 mm across including the winding crown. Genuine crocodile strap. $150-$250. There is a black kangaroo band; the watch is running. $50-$100.

803. $150 808. $50 Hamilton Watch Co. “Trent”, 1955-1969. A manual- E. Ingraham Co. “Roy Rogers” boy’s watch, ca. 1954. A stainless- wind wristwatch in 10 kt white gold fill with Hamil- steel case holding a signed E. Ingraham Co. movement with the ton’s high-grade 770 22-jewel movement, a quar- original dial, showing some background discolora- tered brushed silver dial with applied white gold tion with an image of Roy on his horse, Trigger, and markers and numerals, and a sub-seconds dial. signed “Roy Rogers”. “Made in USA” at the bot- New glass crystal and black leather band. Stainless steel back, run- tom. It has the original engraved leather band with ning and keeping time. $150-$300. faux silver ornamentation on the buckle and tip. The watch is running, 38 mm pin to pin, 32 mm 804. $100 across including the winding crown. $50-$100. Hamilton Watch Co. “Gary”, 1951-1953. A manual- wind wristwatch in 10 kt yellow gold fill with a 17- 809. $50 jewel Grade 747 movement. Silver two-tone dial, Skagen Denmark electric watch, Model 39LSS, ca. seconds bit, applied gold numerals. Light wear to 1995. An early Skagen watch, 34 mm across and 35 glass crystal and black leather band. Signed on mm lug to lug, with a matte silver dial, pencil hands, back and dial. Running and keeping time. $100- and a mirrored rim. Steel fine mesh straps with a $200. double clasp. Quartz movement. Running and keeping time. This sold for around $100 in 1995. 805. $350 $50-$100. Hamilton Watch Co. “Thor”, 1959-1961. Hamilton introduced asym- metric cases along with their introduction of the first electric 810. $50 (battery-operated) watches. This watch, which contains a high- Hamilton Watch Co. “Cushion Engraved”, 1928. grade 22-jewel Grade 770 mechanical movement, is one of a limited Zelda gave this watch to Charles for Christmas in number of mechanicals housed in asymmetric cases. The Thor re- 1928. The case is 14 kt yellow or green gold-filled mains popular, although it was not popular when introduced, and with an engraved band around the case. It has an was made for only two years; people who want- old luminous dial with filled numbers and subsidi- ed an unusual looking watch would opt for one ary seconds dial introduced in 1927. The move- of Hamilton’s new-fangled electric watches. ment is the standard 17 jewel Grade 987 and is not running. Nice Thor came in 10 kt yellow and white gold-filled filled period hands. No strap. Suggested retail price for this watch cases. The case, dial, and glass on this watch are was $52 in 1928; that corresponds to about $750 today. What a love- in near mint condition; the leather band is ly gift from Zelda! $50-$100. marked “Made in France”. The watch is running and keeping time. $350-$500. 811. $25 Hamilton Watch Co. Woman’s art deco watch, ca. 1928. Women’s 806. $450 watches are not considered collectable, but I like the style on this Hamilton Watch Co. “Pacer”, 1963-1968. The Pacer was introduced one. It’s 18 mm across and 30 mm lug to lug, in a in 1958 and is Hamilton’s most popular electric watch; over 42,000 stepped 14 kt white gold-fill case with chasing on the were produced. The dial was redesigned in 1963; this example has sides and around the glass crystal. A clean white that later dial. This watch also holds the 505 signed dial and proper hands. A 17 jewel Grade 989 movement that was introduced in 1961 as an movement that runs and stops intermittently. No improvement to the original 500 movement. strap. $25-$75. The original dial shows some spotting between the 10 and 12, and there is some tarnish to the PARTS case where the white gold lugs are mounted to the 10 kt yellow gold-filled case. There is also 900. $20 some loss of finish on the lower lug. The crys- Replacement cupids, finished in gold. They are 4.5 tal is new as is the brown crocodile band. The inches tall and solid white metal. Work on any mirror- hands, including the sweep seconds hand, are correct. The move- side clock.

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901. $10 Original cupids, unfinished. Both have broken wings. No finish; they are 5 inches tall. Work on any mirror- side clock.

902. $10 Large Vienna clock weights. The shell is 4.5 inches long, each weigh 4 lb 5 oz. Modest wear.

903. $10 Vienna clock weights. The shell is 3 5/8 inches long, each weigh 2 lb 13 oz. Modest wear.

904. $25 Japy Freres & Cie pendule de Paris time-and-strike movement. Looks like it is all there and running and striking. A bit dirty. Bring your own pendulum.

905. $5 Jonathan Clark Brown and the Forestville Manufacturing Company, Kenneth D. Roberts and Snowden Taylor, Ph.D., Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH, 1988. Paperback, 120 pages including photos. $5-$25.

906. $5 Forestville Clockmakers, Kenneth D. Roberts and Snow- den Taylor, Ph.D., Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwill- iam, NH, 1992. Paperback, 176 pages including photos. $5-$25.

907. $5 The Clocks of Mark Leavenworth, Snowden Taylor, Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH, 1987. Paperback, 64 pages including photos. $5-$25.

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