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Antique American Clocks July 2020 Sealed bid auction This is a blind, or sealed-bid auction. You submit a bid sheet with the How does this work? maximum price you wish to pay for an item by the close of the auc- tion (July 31). If you are the high bidder you win the item! You will be notified if you have won the item at the close of the auction and will have 15 business days to make payment by check or credit card through PayPal. Extended payment plans are available. See the De- tailed Instructions for more information. There is a 10% buyer's pre- mium on all sales. Who can I contact Todd Porter, 2400 Shady Oak Pl., Lexington, KY 40515 with questions? (859) 312-9012 email: [email protected] Website: AntiqueAmericanClocks.com Antique American Clocks – July 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures 1. $2500 clock remains the property of the Gem Cutlery Elmer Stennes girandole banjo, 1968. A Stennes giran- Company Inc., New York. The time-only, 8-day dole is spectacular but I probably don’t need to tell you movement is presumably made by Sessions, but that. This 44-inch case is numbered ‘8’ and appears to I did not remove the front to inspect. The clock be dated ‘68’; the reverse glass paintings are marked is running without issue. The other razor adver- “M.E.R. 69”. The 8-day time-only movement is signed tiser clocks you occasionally see that had a simi- and numbered ‘4’. It is running easily. If you’re looking lar design were made by Ever-Ready, which had for a reason to not buy this one (other than the price), merged with Gem in 1906; these companies there is a bit of discoloring on the eagle finial’s right eventually became the Personna brand that was wing and beak and there is a discolored ball at 5:45. available as late as 2010. These clocks are not Horton’s sold one in 2017 for $3275. $2800-$3200. uncommon, selling on LiveAuctioneers for from $300 to $1750 in recent years. $300-$1200. 2. $1200 Welch, Spring & Co. “Regulator No. 2” ca. 1874. A big regulator 5. $250 with an 18-inch dial and 54 inches overall in length. The veneer is Chauncey & Noble Jerome round-side shelf clock, 1834-1839. This is rosewood, all original, with some chips on the outer edge of the an early brass movement clock from the brothers who invented and bezel as you would expect. I think some of the case is grain-painted marketed inexpensive brass movements. It stands 22 inches tall to match, including the interior sides and per- with mahogany veneer. The upper door glass is original, with pretty haps the flat section between the dial and the good retention of the reverse painting, while the lower glass is mod- lower door. The lower glass is a proper re- ern with an excellent rendition of the Merchant’s Exchange in Phila- placement; later versions of this clock had a delphia. The painted round dial shows some clear lower glass. The dial glass is original with age but has probably been repainted; it has a the original putty, as hard as that is to believe. large center opening to display the brass move- The metal dial is old paint with some strength- ment. The hands are likely original. The interior ening to the numerals and some touch up to of the case retains the blue painted paper and chips at the winding ports and screw holes. the typical card label. There are two square Hands are original and as show in the catalog weights to drive the 30-hour time-and-strike drawings, page 241 of Ly’s Second Edition of unsigned movement. The movement is very Welch Clocks. The interior back of the case has similar to, but probably a later edition of the the original black flocking, and no label. The first Jeromes’ movements, as shown in Ly’s movement has solid brass plates, a deadbeat book American Clocks, Vol. 3. This is a nice ex- escapement and beats seconds as shown by ample of these early clocks. This clock sold at the seconds hand, and is as shown in Ly’s description. It is running, Harris in 2014 for $325. $250-$500. not vigorously, but once the proper positioning is achieved, reliably. It is an 8-day double wind, time only, driven by two small brass 6. $200 weights. The pendulum bob and stick appear to be original, and Chauncey & Noble Jerome round-side shelf clock, 1838-1839. A sec- there is a proper beat scale at the bottom signed “Welch, Spring & ond example with some differences: The mahogany finish is darker; Co., Forestville Conn.” Make room for this one, it will command its the upper door glass is original but has been rebacked; the lower space. Only a couple of examples in the Antique Clocks Price Guide, glass is original and retains the original reverse painting, but has most recently (2016) at Schmitt’s for $1700. $1200-$1600. been touched up, most noticeably on the house. The dial has the original zinc finish the 3. $875 Jeromes used on these clocks. There is a brass Wm. Gilbert “Regulator No. 11” ca. 1891. A great escutcheon and key. The brass 30-hour, early I- walnut case, clean as a whistle, 49 inches long. beam movement is unsigned, with square The top piece is a well-made replacement that weights, and is running and striking. The interi- matches the original, the rest of the case original. or retains the blue paper and card label. A The door glass and left side-glass are modern, the second nice example of these early weight- right side-glass appears original. The yellowed driven brass clocks; there are two more later in paper dial is signed, the hands are correct. There the auction. This clock sold at Cottone’s in are two small brass weights that drive the 8-day, 2014 for $200. $200-$400. time-only movement, running down each side of the case. The unsigned brass movement is run- 7. $125 ning steadily. There is no label, and usually isn’t. Jeromes, Gilbert, Grant & Co. brass dial OG, 1839-1840. The Spittlers Horton’s sold a nice one last summer for $1160. & Bailey (American Clockmakers & Watchmakers, Vol. 3) state that $900-$1200. this firm was the first to produce low priced 30- hour, brass weight-movement clocks. This OG is 4. $300 26 inches tall with good mahogany veneer all Gem Cutlery Co. “Damaskeene Razor” advertising clock, ca. 1910. around. Both glasses are old, the upper possibly The clock is 37 inches long with the pendulum and 23 inches across. original, and have been rebacked and touched The front of the clock is flat with a three-dimensional appearance up. The brass dial numbering has been repaint- from the painted wood surface. There is considerable wear and ed and sits slightly off-center relative to the door flaking to the painted finish. Some of these clocks have a labeled glass dial mask. A decent label inside and an old pendulum bob advertising “Quality Cutlery”. The label on the back pendulum bob with two small square weights gives instructions on how to assemble the clock, and notes that the drive the early 30-hour brass time-and-strike 2 Antique American Clocks – July 2020 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures movement. A nice example of an early clock. $150-$250. mation provided with this clock (see photo). This clock is shown on page 199 of Ly’s book Calendar Clocks. This is an uncommon clock 8. $350 that Horton’s has not sold in recent times; Schmitt-Horan sold one North Attleboro-style banjo, 1840-1870. This 29-inch in 2018 for $1100. banjo would appear to be an amalgam of styles from the North Attleboro makers in the mid-1800’s. The 12. $1000 case is clearly 1800’s-vintage, mahogany or walnut Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “Chronometer”, 1890- without grain-painting, and the modern glasses are 1906. An elegant Ithaca, 33 inches tall in walnut painted in Howard colors but with a Hatch-style design with a pendulum that hangs in front of the calen- on the tablet. The throat glass may be older. The pen- dar dial. This case has been cleaned and parts of dulum stick and bob are Hatch style (where the bob the crest replaced, including the small square hooks onto the stick). The movement is unsigned, the ornaments on the front of the crest, the finials, lead weight old, the dial modern with proper hands. A and the right return. There is nice gold incising nice looker. It is running. $350-$500. on the dial masks and old glass in the door with proper gold lettering; a bit of loss to the ‘C’ in 9. $350 Chronometer. The old paper dials are in good Modern No. 5 Banjo, 1981. This cherry-cased banjo shape with the proper labeling, and the hands, was made by Clyde M. Spencer (signed on back and pendulum bob and stick are correct. The 8-day baseplate) and holds a signed Wayne Cline 8-day time-and-strike movement is unsigned and new. movement, driven by a lead weight behind a full- It is running strongly and striking on a cathedral gong; the calendars length cherry baffle. It is 29 inches long with a mod- are advancing. There is a label on the backboard. It is difficult to ern dial, hands, and glasses.

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