Antique American Clocks

JANUARY 2021

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1. $5000 running and striking. The walnut-veneered case is 98 Wm. Gilbert “Regulator No. 7”, ca. 1881. An 8.5-foot inches tall and has been stripped but not finished; standing regulator in walnut with burl panels on the there are some places where the 300-year old veneer front door and base, a carved top and a pressed has been repaired, and some spots where it needs to wood figurehead. All the parts and trim are there, be glued down. On the top right and left side are cut- top to bottom, and everything looks original. The outs that I think should be covered with a grill cloth; finish is clean and bright. The dial is porcelain with the glasses in the hood door and sides are old. The three correct hands, the trim brass along with a brass dial has a matted center, a calendar window, a brass weight and jeweler’s pendulum. The front and second’s dial, and is signed “Andries Vermeulen ~ side glasses are old, the jeweler’s regulator move- Amsterdam” at the bottom. The arched moon dial ment is Swiss. It is running just fine. A great exam- has a hand indicator that rotates with the dial and ple; one sold last September in Houston for $6000 points to one of 12 labeled divisions on the brass and it had incorrect finials and replaced trim, as well frame, but I don’t know what the labels mean as a 27% buyer’s premium. Delivery to the eastern (“pistolet”?). I believe the hand is supposed to flip half of the US for $500. $6000-$9000. back when it completes a half-circle. The moon dial also has two number rings, one of which is numbered 2. $550 1-12. Lacking a horological degree, I have no clue what they mean. Scottish tall case clock, ca. 1850? An 86-inch 8-day, There are two old cast iron weights and there should be a third for tall case clock from Robertson in Glasgow (signed on the chime arbor, but it is not strung because the musical mechanism the bottom of the dial) in flame mahogany with band- is incomplete. This is a very old clock, highly collectable, but will ed inlay along the front edges, satinwood inlays, and need considerable attention to both the case and movement to get shell inlays in the top corners of the square bonnet. it presentable. $1000-$2500. There are some splits to the veneer on the sides. The polychrome dial is in excellent shape with figures of 5. $5000 handsomely dressed women from the 1600’s and Geo. B. Owen “Regulator No. 3”, ca. 1878. A second 1700’s, I think. The hands are elaborate, with a sec- example of this standing regulator (with #1), every onds and calendar dials; the dial glass is old and bit as spectacular, 9 feet tall in walnut with burled wavy. The 8-day time-and-strike movement has walnut trim on the door and base. This clock differs heavy brass plates and column posts and is unsigned; from #1 in that it has a nickel bezel, weight, and pen- it is running and striking a bell on top without issue. dulum, a burled panel on the back wall, and a “sub- Two 12-lb weights and a pendulum bob with a paint- base”, a 5-inch tall platform that appears to be origi- ed scene to match the dial. This seems like a reliable nal to the clock. The sub-base is not attached to the runner with an attractive look and sound. $600-$900. base and can be set aside if you like. Like #1, the glasses are old, the 12-inch dial is porcelain with cor- 3. $450 rect hands, including a seconds hand, and all the trim English tall case clock, ca. 1820? An eye-catching 85- pieces are present and appear to be original. The inch oak and mixed wood case (90 inches tall with Swiss jeweler’s regulator movement is running with- the old brass finial) from Wm Wainwright of Leices- out issue. Neither clock has a label or signature that ter (signed on the dial). The case has been cleaned I can find, and since the Owen catalog reprint I have and refinished; the darker wood inlays contrast nicely shows no differences between it and the Gilbert clock, I don’t know with the lighter oak and are further outlined by satin- that we can be sure who made either one (not surprising, as Owen wood line inlays. The polychrome metal dial shows ran the Gilbert Clock Co. concurrently with his own manufacturing scenes of pastoral England in the corners and on the operation). I have assigned makers based on what my consignors top arch; there is some loss of lettering and light told me. Carroll Horton sold this clock in 2018 for $9250. Delivery to staining on the dial. The brass hands are likely re- the eastern half of the US for $500. $6000-$9000. placements. The dial is a good match to the hood, but I wouldn’t guarantee that they have always been 6. $1600 together, as movements and cases frequently recom- Ansonia “Georgia”, ca. 1892. Nobody does black mantel clocks like bine. This is a one-day pull-up movement, time-and- Ansonia, and there are four outstanding examples in this auction. strike with calendar; it is running and striking but the The Georgia stands just over 13 inches tall and 17.5 inches wide with minute hand sticks occasionally. There is a smaller high relief alcoves and figures across the front and sides. Here the weight on the strike side to slow the strike. The dial alcoves are painted silver and the figures are in gold; you can find glass is new. Horton’s sold this clock in 2014 for $975. examples with bronze alcoves and gold alcoves all with contrasting $500-$1000. figures – see for example #7. The repainting was professionally done and shows; the iron case has also been re-lacquered. There is 4. $1000 a two-piece signed dial with a visible escapement behind a beveled Andries Vermeulen Dutch tall-case clock, ca. 1740. Vermeulen lived glass in the French sash; the pallets are and worked in Amsterdam in the early 1700’s and is regarded as the ruby. The 8-day movement is signed city’s best clockmaker of the period. His clocks are highly regarded with a rack and snail strike mechanism; and have been offered at several high-end American and European it is running and striking on a cathedral auction houses. You can find a smattering of his tall case clocks on gong without issue. There is no rear the internet, all having a similar case style and typically with compli- door. Schmitt’s sold a Georgia in 2017 cations; this one has a music cylinder attached to the third arbor for $2000; Horton’s sold one in 2016 for but, unfortunately, the comb is missing and thus cannot play. It is 1875. $1800-$2000.

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7. $1600 gold hands. The pallets are steel. I cannot get this one to run, the Ansonia “Georgia”, ca. 1892. A second strike is frozen and the time spring is either unattached or broken. Georgia, this one in bronze with silver fig- The 8-day Ansonia movement is signed, and there is a cover over ures. This one has also been professionally the back door. A beautiful example nonetheless. $1200-$1800. repainted, but the case itself was not, and it shows a few small chips on the top and 11. $2500 edges. The dial on this example is a bit fan- E. Howard & Co. “No. 89 Regulator”, ca. 1889. Sixty- cier, with cartouche numbers and fancy pierced hands. There is a five inches of solid oak with an old finish, and all finials thick beveled glass in the sash, the visible escapement has steel present and correct. The glass is replaced and the 12- pallets. The 8-day movement is signed with a rack and snail strike inch zinc dial repainted. The hands are Howard issue mechanism; it is running and striking on a cathedral gong without as is the huge pendulum bob, which shows some wear issue. There is no rear door. Horton’s sold this clock in 2015 for and corrosion. The 8-day time-only movement is $2500. $1800-$2000. signed but not running with much enthusiasm; the weight is a replacement. This clock is renowned for its 8. $1400 accurate time-keeping. This model in oak sells for Ansonia “Double Figure Swing”, ca. 1900. This $2000-$3000. uncommon swing clock stands 25 inches high on the rare deluxe base (see Ly, Ansonia Clocks & 12. $1200 Watches, page 704), making it even less common; Baird Clock Co. “Walkden’s Inks” advertiser, ca I can find no corresponding sales examples in the 1894. This English advertiser clock is 31 inches long Antique Clocks Price Guide or on LiveAuc- and is shown on page 134 of Baird Advertising tioneers. The Fisher and the Huntress statues Clocks by Jerry Maltz. It has been repainted and were finished in Japanese or Syrian bronze, I may not have been originally white; the one shown don’t know which one was used here, or if they in the book is in a darker color with light-colored are in their original finish. The enameled cast iron lettering. The glasses are old but may be replace- base is 14 inches wide; the gold highlighting of the ments; the paper dial is original and shows yellow- incisings on the front is lost. The 4-inch nickeled can holding the ing and wear, but the Baird Clock Co. imprint is still clock is bright, the clean and bright paper dial is signed and patent- visible. The hands are correct, as is the pendulum dated, the metal ornaments and pendulum rods are bright gold and bob. The Baird-signed movement, time only, 8 days, is running vig- I would assume replated. The support between the two figures is orously. A Walkden’s advertiser sold at Schmitt’s in 2017 for $1800. also bright gold. The details on these parts exactly match the Anso- $1200-$1800. nia catalog drawings. There is a beveled dial-glass; the knob to set the time in back is missing. The 8-day movement is unsigned as is 13. $350 typical with these clocks; it matches the movements in other exam- Welch, Spring & Co. “Regulator No. 3”, ca. 1878. A weight-driven ples. It is running without problem. AAC sold this example a year regulator, time-only, 8 days with two weights. The ago for $1600. $1500-$2000. 34-inch case is in rosewood veneer in excellent condition; the veneer on the bezel is so good that it 9. $1500 is probably not original. Both glasses are old, the Ansonia “Virginia”, ca. 1904. Another large and impressive black tablet has been repainted. The movement is un- mantel with bronze facing and silvered high relief plates on each signed and not shown in Ly’s book on Welch side, curving around each side. The ornamentation has not been clocks; it is running weakly and needs a thorough repainted here and is original with some wear evident. The iron cleaning. The clock did not come with weights but case itself has been re-lacquered. the two 4-lb round weights I installed are shown in There is a brass cartouche dial with a other examples and are sufficient to power the complex center piece and an open movement. The 12-inch dial is likely an old repaint, escapement with ruby pallets. There with some soiling. The hands are Welch issue. An is a thick beveled glass in the bezel. uncommon clock with only a couple of examples in the Antique The bezel does not want to stay Clocks Price Guide, one of which sold at R.O. Schmitt’s in 2017 for closed, and the dial can rotate slightly $350. Shown on pages 242-243 of Ly’s Welch Clocks. $350-$500. to upset the escapement balance. It is easily adjusted into balance when the 14. $150 clock is in place. The movement is signed, 8-day time and rack and Atkins Clock Co. “Round Head Drop”, 1859-1879. A snail strike and is running, a bit tentatively. As with the Georgia, 24-inch rosewood-veneered case in fine shape. The these clocks are uncommon. Horton’s sold one with a top piece in glasses are probably replacements, the tablet re- 2018 for $1750. $1600-$2000. painted, the dial may be the original paint with cor- rect hands. The 8-day time-only, spring-driven 10. $1200 movement is unsigned, running vigorously. Newer Ansonia “Virginia”, ca. 1904. A second pendulum bob, excellent paper label inside. No example of the Virginia. The same recent sales that I can find. $200-$400. bronze and silver facing, and again not repainted but in the original finish. And 15. $100 again, the black iron case has been re- E.N. Welch “Round head”, ca. 1868-1884. A 26-inch case with good lacquered. Here the dial has porcelain rosewood veneer all around, the bezel grain-painted. Both glasses cartouche numbering and ornamental are old but may be replacements, the tablet likely repainted. The 8-

3 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures day, time-and-strike movement is signed E.N. original. The wooden dial has been touched up at the bottom but is Welch Mfg. Co., the label inside is unreadable, but very clean with little wear. Note the “east-west” brass movement this is likely a Welch, Spring & Co. clock. The with the inverted escapement and the en- signed, painted dial is old with some scrapes and cased brass spring. Also note the key cut- may be original, the hands are old and proper. See outs in the brass plate; regrettably, I do not page 274, Ly’s Welch Clocks. It is running and strik- have the matching key. There is an excel- ing on a wire gong. $100-$200. lent label inside. The clock will run for a little while and then stop; I’m not sure if it is 16. $100 8 day or 30 hour, as there is little room for E.N. Welch “Round head”, ca. 1868-1884. A sec- the brass spring to expand inside the shell. ond example of this classic wall clock, again with $250-$500. good rosewood veneer and a grain-painted bezel. The old painted dial is signed, the hands likely 21. $1800 original. The glasses appear newer, and the tablet Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 3 ½ Parlor”, 1896. This is the later differs from #15. This example is time-only, 8 days, version of this model with an 8-day, time-and-strike Welch move- and the movement is signed Welch. The black ment. Note that the pendulum is the early form, with a two-sided label inside has faded to black. It is running. $100- beveled glass and the “dog bone” ICCC logo. The backboard is a $200. single piece. Consistent with this later edition, the side decorations have a silver border and the carv- 17. $100 ings are the later edition style. Note that the carv- E.N. Welch Mfg. Co. “Alexis No. 2”, ca. 1880. This ing on the lower left side is missing part of the top is the smaller of the two Alexis models, at 22 inch- and bottom, and several tips are missing off the es long with a 10-inch dial. The sides are rosewood crest. The glasses are old, the dial black paper with veneer, the bezels are grain-painted to match. The age. The hands are nickel. The clock is 20.75 inches dial glass is old, the lower glass a replacement that tall. The instruction label on the back is dated 1896. is cracked but stable. The dial is very old paper It is running, striking, and the calendar is advancing. with some discoloration, the nickel bezel has lost Horton’s sold one in July 2018 for $2190 and one in much of its finish. The 8-day time-only movement January 2018 for $2725. $2000-$2500. is signed and running but with little vigor. There is a good label inside with the factory overpaste of 22. $400 the name over the former name “Ionic” (see page Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 8 Shelf Library”, 486 of Welch Clocks Second Edition by Tran Duy Ly). This model is ca. 1880. This is an early version of the Shelf Li- relatively uncommon and has traditionally brought high prices; I can brary: the Welch movement is mounted with seat find no sales after 2006. $100-$200. hooks, the carved crest is mounted without case extensions, and the gong is the early wire type 18. $100 (see Warren, Ithaca’s Clock Makers, page 112). The E. Ingraham “Ionic”, 1870-1924. This is an early walnut case is clean and polished, the burl walnut example of this model, as judged by the excellent panels look great; note the handle on the center label inside. This is the model that forced Welch door. The dial glasses are old, the paper dials are to rename their version of this clock to “Alexis”. old, the time hands replacements. The 8-day time The case is 22 inches tall in rosewood veneer with -and-strike movement is running without issue, grain-painted bezels; here the grain painting is the calendar advances but needs adjustment. The lost. Both glasses are old with a colored tablet brass tear drop pendulum link has been replaced, not commonly seen. The dial is old paint, the the pendulum bob is nickel plated. This is about as nice an example hands correct. The 8-day time-only movement is as you are likely to find of the carved top version of this model. AAC signed and running easily. Although Ionics are sold one last summer for $425. $400-$600. not uncommon, this is a rather nice early example. $100-$200. 23. $2000 19. $100 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 13 Shelf Kildare”, 1878-1916. The Waterbury “Office Drop”, ca. 1875. A 24.5-inch 26.75-inch mahogany case is flawless with no replacements or loss- walnut case, refinished some time ago. The dial es, and displays the extensive carvings and fluting seen in the early glass is old but may be replaced. The dial is models. This model typically came with black paper dials and nickel- glossy paper over metal, with some foxing. plated hands; the optional white paper dials with Hands period but not as shown in catalog image. black hands found here are likely original or very The 8-day time-only movement is signed and old replacements. The beveled glass pendulum is running vigorously. Just a shred of a label inside. the later model (see Ly, Calendar Clocks, page 134). An uncommon model, the most recent of two The door glass is almost certainly original. The 8- sales in the Antique Clocks Price Guide was for day time-and-strike movement is unsigned, run- $250 at Schmitt’s in 2013. $100-$200. ning and striking the hours and half-hours on a cathedral gong. The calendar is advancing. There 20. $250 is a faded instruction label on the back. I can find Elisha Manross gallery clock, 1843-1850. This is a rare gallery clock nothing wrong or unoriginal on this uncommon from Elisha Manross in outstanding condition. The mahogany case Ithaca. Horton’s sold this clock in 2018 for $2650. is 15 inches in diameter with a great finish. The glass is period if not $2400-$2800.

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24. $2000 ment with deadbeat escapement and retaining power is unsigned; it Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 13 Kildare”, ca. is running without issue. No label to be found. Horton’s sold one in 1904. Made from Honduran mahogany and re- January 2018 for $550. $500-$750. portedly given to Cornell University faculty (hence, the Cornell label on the upper dial). Also 28. $450 notable is the beveled glass in the door. It holds a Wm. Gilbert Clock Co. “Regulator No. 14”, ca. 1901. Gilbert-signed 8-day, half-hour strike movement A second No. 14 with a clean finish on the oak case; that has had some repairs but is running and strik- the door glass is not especially old, the interior back ing as expected. ICCC used Gilbert movements wall has been painted black. There is no label, as after Welch went out of business in 1893; Joel usual. The dial has been repainted with the Gilbert Warren suggests that there were enough Welch logo and the three hands are correct. The pendu- movements to continue production with these lum bob, weight, and pulley are brass on this exam- movements through 1904 (Warren, Ithaca’s Clock Makers, page 125). ple. The door hinges are on the left, an unusual The calendar is advancing; the pendulum is the early style but holds configuration but it appears to be factory issue. a later glass insert, and the hands are nickel-plated but dark. Note The unsigned, 8-day time-only movement is run- the extensive carving and detail on the 26.5-inch case, which would ning. $500-$750. appear to have the original finish and is a bit thick. There is an in- struction label on the back and an ICCC key. $2000-$3000. 29. $600 Waterbury Clock Co. “Regulator No. 54”, ca. 1915. Perhaps a 50-inch 25. $750 clock is a bit small for you? Here is a 57-inch Water- Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “Chronometer”, 1890-1906. An elegant bury with a two-weight, 8-day, time-only brass Ithaca, 33 inches tall in walnut with a pendulum that hangs in front plate movement with deadbeat escapement and of the calendar dial. This case has been cleaned and parts of the retaining power. It is solid oak with a very nice crest replaced, including the small square ornaments on the front of finish – and is quite heavy. The door glass is old the crest, the finials, and the right return. There is with the original retaining strips, the finials are orig- nice gold incising on the dial masks and old glass inal. The 12-inch dial is painted, signed and lightly in the door with proper gold lettering; a bit of loss soiled, with some chipping. The hands are Water- to the ‘C’ in Chronometer. The old paper dials are bury. The movement is signed and running, a bit in good shape with the proper labeling, and the tentatively. The pendulum stick and bob original hands, pendulum bob and stick are correct. The 8 issue; there are two brass weights running down -day time-and-strike movement is unsigned and each side to drive it, and a Waterbury beat scale. new. It is running strongly and striking on a ca- There is a dark label on the inside bottom, noting thedral gong; the calendars are advancing. There the model and maker. Horton’s sold one in January is a label on the backboard. It is difficult to find 2019 for $675. $600-$800. these where the crest has not been repaired. $900-$1200. 30. $700 E.N. Welch “Regulator G”, ca. 1885. This is a rare 26. $450 clock from Welch, described on page 266 of Ly, Welch Waterbury Clock Co. “Regulator No. 67”, ca. 1906. Clocks, second edition. The oak (walnut?) case is 52 This is an impressive time-only, two-weight wall inches long with burled walnut on the front; the door clock, 50 inches long in mahogany with an old glass is old, and the dial has been repainted. The finish. The large door glass is certainly old and the hands are Welch hands, the seconds hand a replace- wood strips holding it in place are original. The 12- ment. The unsigned time-only, brass plate movement inch dial has been repainted with the Waterbury is as shown on page 268 of the above reference, it logo. The hands are brass-plated and correct to will not run and will need service. There are two this model, likely original. The A-frame brass plate brass weights and a large pendulum bob with a black movement with deadbeat escapement and retain- stick. The brass dial is heavy and machine-turned on ing power is signed and running after having been the edging. No recent sales records. $700-$1000. oiled. The two-part pendulum stick is easy to re- move for transport and is correct for Waterbury 31. $3500 clocks. The bob original, the brass weights cor- J. C. Brown “Acorn” shelf clock, ca. 1847. As Horton’s Antique rect, although you sometimes see this clock with flat iron weights. Clocks said about this clock in January 2016, “A better example we No label. Horton’s sold one in January 2019 for $500. $500-$750. have not seen”. That remains true. This clock is most certainly fully restored, from case to glasses. Look at the ve- 27. $450 neer layering (grain painting?) on the door frame, Wm. Gilbert Clock Co. “Regulator No. 14”, ca. 1901. cross-piece, and base. Even the edges of the case Not a fan of dark wood (#26)? Here is a similar behind the door are layered. The glasses are old clock that came only in oak, also 50 inches tall. The and both have been repainted, the image of Mr. case was refinished some time ago and looks good. Brown’s home in Bristol CT is a masterpiece (a The door glass is old, the signed paper dial shows recent photo of the house is shown below). The wear, the hands are old and correct to this model. signed dial was repainted as well, the period The dial bezel is nickel as is the weight pulley and hands have been repaired. The green paper back- weight; the pendulum bob brass. The stick has ing inside remains, along with the typical card been broken and repaired. The time-only move- label. The signed lyre-movement, with fusees, is

5 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures clean and running. It stands 24.5 inches tall. Horton’s sold this period with some chipping. I’m having difficulty getting the 8-day clock in 2016 for $4850. $3500-$4500. unsigned movement to run steady, but I think it just needs to be worked in. The label differs from that found in #34 but the company 32. $1200 is the same. Overall, another nice example with some finish issues. Forestville Mfg. Co. miniature ripple-front steeple, $125-$175. 1842-1849. Not your everyday ripple-front steeple, this is the less common miniature form at 16 inches 36. $150 tall. The clock is largely unrestored, with a dark Solomon Stow early shelf clock, 1828-1834. A 35- and varnished finish, two original glasses with an inch rejuvenated mahogany case with just a cou- intact tablet, and the original dial, signed J.C. ple of veneer chips/repairs. The columns have Brown ~ Forestville, CT. The finial tips are broken been repainted, the splat possibly replaced, pos- off, the painted dial is soiled, varnished, cracked, sibly stripped, or possibly as originally intended. and chipped off in places. It isn’t pretty, but it is The dial glass is original with original putty, the original. The one-day time-and-strike movement is spectacular lower glass repainted by Lee Davis. signed and has been “tightened up” at the pivots; Note the dial with the decoration (touched-up) it is running and striking, although the strike is reluctant. The inside below the mainstem; this is seen on other Stow label is dark but nearly complete. Horton’s sold one in 2016 for clocks, as well as Eli Terry clocks. The long case $2130; these miniatures are uncommon and bring a premium price. holds a short-drop 30-hour wooden movement This is what the untouched 1840’s look like today. $1200-$1800. that is running and striking, driven by two old weights. There is a good label inside. Stow 33. $1200 clocks are not common; only one in the Antique Clocks Price Guide Forestville Mfg. Co. miniature ripple-front beehive, and four on LiveAuctioneers, none in this style. $150-$300. 1842-1849. A miniature beehive (round gothic), 15.5-inches tall. As uncommon as miniature stee- 37. $200 ples are, miniature beehives are even less com- Marsh, Gilbert & Co. shelf clock, 1832-1834. A 33- mon; I can only find two examples in the Antique inch case with rebronzed half-columns and splat, Clocks Price Guide. Like #32, this one is largely original dial glass and a newer repainted lower unrestored but in slightly better condition: The glass, nicely done. There is an ivory escutcheon finish is not as dark, both glasses are period, the with a key, a wooden dial in very good condition upper glass original, and the dial is relatively clean and two period hands. The 30-hour wooden with little chipping or wear, but unsigned. The movement was not tested (weight cords need to lithograph tablet is in remarkably good condition, be unwrapped); there is a period pendulum bob but I am not sure what the image depicts. There is a bone or ivory and two old weights. A good label inside. Anoth- knob on the door. The hands are slight mismatches. The signed, er nice-looking early clock. $200-$400. one-day movement has not been cleaned; it is running but the strike is slow. The nearly complete label is stained but readable, and of 38. $400 course J.C. Brown’s name is prominently featured. The most recent Rodney Brace column & cornice, ca. 1825. Best known for his use of sale I can find was at Schmitt’s in 2012 for $1200. $1200-$1600. Torrington horizontal movements, but he also used standard move- ments as found here. Note that this wooden movement includes an 34. $125 alarm that strikes a bell on top. The mahogany-veneered case is 33 Atkins Clock Co. “London”, 1859-1879. Perhaps their most success- inches tall with a dark polished finish and just a few abrasions and ful model, the London has a classic look that repairs; not bad for a 195-year-old clock. The has remained popular. It stands 17 inches tall in dial glass is newer, the lower glass removed rosewood veneer, with a substantial base and from the case and repainted by Lee Davis – you two doors, often with a mirror in the middle as gotta like his work. The small wooden dial is in found here. The veneer on this clock is excel- good shape, the hands replacements. This is a lent but the finish is dark, the case would 30-hour clock that will run for a few hours be- brighten up if cleaned. The dial glass is original fore stopping; the alarm was untested. A good but has lost the black backing behind the gold label inside. There are a number of examples of corner spandrels. The mirror is old but perhaps this style of clock with alarm by Brace in the not original. The painted dial is in good condi- Antique Clocks Price Guide, the most recent sale tion and the hands are proper; the 8-day time- being at Schmitt’s in 2017 for $475. $450-$600. and-strike movement is unsigned, as is typical. It is running and striking appropriately. The interior green label is flaking and much 39. $200 of it is missing. Londons typically sell between $150-$250. $150- Birge, Mallory & Co. triple decker, 1838-1843. A $200. wonderfully restored 8-day shelf clock, 36.5 inches tall. The mahogany veneer is clean, the period gesso eagle on top has been refinished in some 35. $125 way, as have the gold columns and capitals. The Atkins Clock Co. “London”, 1859-1879. A second wood columns have a faux finish applied. All example, this one with a bit crustier finish and three glasses are modern with nicely repainted an older mirror (possibly original). The dial glass tablets. The wooden dial has been repainted as is original and the backing on the gold corner well; the hands are likely original. The signed, 8- spandrels shows no losses. The painted dial is day time-and-strike strap brass movement is run-

6 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures ning and striking on the iron bell; there is a good label inside and board and slides into the wooden supports. The dial is a glossy pa- two old weights. What’s not to like? Horton’s sold this clock two per, I believe. The fit of the movement, pendulum and gongs is years ago for $300. $250-$400. close in the case, and I can’t quite get it right, but it does run and strike appropriately. The casework is impressive and high quality; 40. $150 the weights are a bit tarnished and beat up. My rudimentary under- Chauncey Boardman “looking glass” clock with standing of Vienna styles and dates suggests to me that this is from alarm, 1824-1832. Boardman started out on his the transitional period or perhaps earlier (1850-1870). $400-$800. own before becoming a prolific producer with others. Here we have an early looking glass clock 44. $225 (single full door with mirror) with a groaner move- Vienna one-weight wall clock, ca. 1880. This Vienna is ment complicated with an alarm. I’m not sure I’ve smaller than #43, at 44 inches. There used to be seen one of these before. This clock is in good something on top, either a crest or three finials. It overall shape and yet very original – the columns looks good as is. The door glass is old and there are and splat hold what looks to me to be the original two side lights; the right glass is cracked with a miss- stenciling, the mahogany veneer is clean and com- ing piece. The two-part porcelain dial has a hairline plete, the dial glass is original and the mirror is crack at the 7; it is signed P. Peucker in Wien. The 8- very old. The 30-hour movement is running and day movement is unsigned; time is driven by one striking, driven by two square groaner-style weights, and a small weight, and the quarter hours and hour strikes are alarm weight (untested). A near complete label inside. Another spring-driven and sound on two wire gongs, just as clock with no significant flaws. $150-$250. with #43. The movement is mounted to a seatboard and slides into wooden supports. It is running and 41. $150 striking as expected. The style of this clock suggests Gustav Becker open-well wall clock, ca. 1860. The to me it is from the transitional or earlier period GB anchor with crown logo dates the movement in (1850-1870). this clock to around 1860, I believe. The dark hard- wood case is 37 inches long with old glass in the 45. $525 porthole door and the well covering. The celluloid Gustav Becker three-weight Altdeutsch Vienna, dial is yellowed and the center brass ornament tar- 1870-1895. A 48-inch walnut case in the Altdeutsch nished. I cannot convince it to run for more than a style driven by three brass weights, striking on two minute or two; it strikes on the hour and half-hour. rods. It strikes once for each quarter hour on one There is a small piece of trim missing on the front rod and then sounds the current hour on the sec- bottom of the door, but its absence is not particular- ond rod. There is a porcelain dial ring with a brass ly noticeable. $150-$250. center ring and two fancy hands. The 8-day move- ment is signed and there are three brass weights, 42. $350 one a bit dented. Three finials, one not quite a Junghans/HAC carved box chime clock, ca. 1910. match to the other two. Both glasses are old; it is This is a wonderful clock, with well-carved figures running and striking appropriately. $550-$750. in the front door panel and on the crest – note the two figures seated back to back on each end. Typi- 46. $1000 cal of the art arts and crafts movement of the time, George Hatch “Regulator No. 5”, ca. 1877. Hatch banjos and regula- the 37-inch case is oak with an old, dark finish. It tors are distinguished from Howard equivalents by the detachable has a 10-rod chime set, with six for the chime pendulum bob, as found here. This style of clock is often called a (Trinity or Westminster) and four for the hour “keyhole”. Hatch made only one size of this model, 32 inches long. count. There is a lever next to the number 3 to set The hardwood case is grain-painted to imitate the chime. The silvered dial is in good shape with rosewood and much of the grain painting remains little wear, the dial glass is convex. The dial bears here, although the dial bezel is quite dark. The the Hamburg American Clock company logo of dial glass is not old but the lower glass is, alt- crossed arrows, which is also found on the back of hough it has probably been repainted in the prop- the movement. There is a Junghans emblem on er Hatch style. The unsigned movement is run- the inside back of the case, consistent with the partnership be- ning, 8 days, driven by a large iron weight behind tween these two companies in the early 1900’s; in 1930 HAC merged a replacement baffle. Yes, the weight broke out with Junghans. The chime sounds wonderful, every bit as good as a the bottom at the left in a likely cord failure. It Sonora chime. It is running fine. $400-$600. looks fine. These clocks were used, not stored under a bed. The case is stamped with the initials 43. $400 ‘DLW” on the lower left and there are a number Vienna three-weight wall clock, ca. 1870. There is only of service inscriptions behind the dial. No. 5 regu- one imprint on the back of this movement, for GP & S. lators are surprisingly uncommon given the many I cannot determine the maker; if you know, let me clocks by Hatch that are still in circulation; only a know. The case is 56 inches tip to tip with twisted full couple on LiveAuctioneers and a couple on the Antique Clocks Price columns on each side of the door, quite remarkable. Guide. Horton’s sold a No. 5 in 2018 for $1950. $1000-$2000. The door glass is old and there are two side glasses. It strikes on two wire gongs: at each quarter hour it 47. $1500 strikes once, twice, three or four times, and then E. Howard No. 11 Regulator, ca. 1880. A 32-inch hardwood case grain counts the last hour. The movement sits on a seat- -painted to mimic rosewood. The graining is strong on all surfaces

7 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures and easily visible, even on the dial bezel. Both 52. $500 glasses are original, the dial glass held in with the Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890. A nice original putty. There are a few chips to the lower example of an oak No. 2 regulator refinished some glass black background. There is an instruction time ago with a medium color oak stain. The paint- label on the door, a red weight shield with an old ed dial is very old with roughness and smearing service stamp and a pendulum tie-down. The when examined up close. The dial glass is a re- movement is signed, the pendulum bob dama- placement, the door glass is old, the hands are scened. The heavy metal dial must hold the origi- correct. All five buttons are present on the base. nal paint; it is soiled, crackled, and the numbering The movement is signed and there are a number and signature have been strengthened. The of service inscriptions dating back to the early hands are original. Everything about this clock 1900’s on the cross bar. The pendulum bob is fine, appears original – somehow this clock survived the weight proper but may be newer, and there is without anyone “fixing it up”. It is running but a a beat scale and a label on the bottom. It is run- bit sensitive to positioning. Four sales at R.O. ning without problem. $500-$700. Schmitt’s in 2018 for $1300, $1700, $1800, and $2400. $1600-$2400. 53. $750 48. $1500 Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890. An un- Belmont Clock Co. “No. 5 Regulator”, 2010. The common and attractive No. 2 in cherry with a reju- Belmont Clock Co. (Belmont, MA) made 10 repli- venated finish. Both glasses are old but may not be cas of the Hatch No. 5 Regulator in 2010. These original; the signed dial has been repainted, the clocks were handmade without nails, in the same hands are correct. The buttons are gone from the manner as made by Hatch in the 1880’s. The pop- base, as is common. The 8-day time-only move- lar case is 33 inches long with a grain-painted ment is signed and running just fine. The ST weight finish and a deep lacquer luster. The dial is 12 could use polish, the pendulum bob is good. A inches in diameter. The 8-day time-only move- white label inside on the bottom. Not much to ment was made by Charles Lenderman. The clock complain about here, and cherry is tough to find. is gorgeous. It is running as you would expect. $750-$1000. These clocks sold for $3000 at the time of manu- facture; I can find no resale records. $1500-$2500. 54. $400 Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890. An early 49. $1000 oak case, refinished, with two new glasses and a Wayne Cline No. 10 Regulator (Figure 8), ca. 1980’s? A repainted dial. The pendulum bob may be new as beautiful reproduction of the E. Howard No. 10 regula- well, and the weight has a replaced hook. The early tor by Wayne Cline (Bowling Green, KY). The mahoga- weight-driven movement is signed and running. ny case is 34 inches long. The dial is stamped with an There is an old white label on the bottom of the E. Howard signature; the time-only, 8-day movement, case. $400-$600. lead weight and case are signed. The case is num- bered 56. It is running effortlessly. The only short- 55. $400 coming I can find is the lack of a pendulum tie-down Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, fastener. Horton’s sold one in 2019 for $1150. $1000- ca. 1890. A 36-inch case with ve- $1200. neered walnut in fine shape except on the bezel, which has been stripped of the veneer and stained 50. $1000 to match. Both glasses are likely original, the dial Wayne Cline No. 10 Regulator (Figure 8), ca. 1980’s? A very old paint, possibly original with original hands. second No. 10 regulator reproduction, this one in cherry, The time-only movement is the early version used by Wayne Cline. The dial was painted in 1984 by The Dial in the No. 2 regulator (see page 277 of Ly, Seth House; the case is numbered 73. The dial is signed by Thomas Clocks & Movements, Vol. 1); it is signed and Wayne Cline this time, rather than a Howard stamp. The running, a bit on the fussy side; the pendulum bob movement is signed by Wayne Cline. It is running just shows very faint damascening and the weight is fine; there is a complete pendulum tie-down here. correct. There is a black label on the bottom of the $1000-$1200. case and a beat scale too. Looks perfect unless you inspect the bezel up close. $400-$600. 51. $500 Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890. A good 56. $450 example of an oak No. 2 regulator with an older, dark Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “Pillared Farmer”, 1869 finish, probably a walnut stain. There are a couple of -1877. This model is also called “Old Farmer’s No. veneer chips under the bezel. Both glasses are old; 10” to distinguish it from the original No. 10 the old painted dial is chipping but not yet unaccept- Farmer’s, and the slightly later “New No. 10 ably. The hands are correct. The pendulum bob and Farmer’s”. Although they share the same basic proper weight are worn and tarnished; there is a structure, they do not look alike. This one is the worn black label on the bottom inside. The base has rarest of the group and was never listed in a cata- lost its buttons. The signed movement is running as log (Joel Warren, Ithaca’s Clock Makers, 2019). It expected. $500-$700. stands 21.5 inches tall in a walnut case with a new finish. Both glasses are new old glass, the black

8 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures paper dials are also a recent replacement, and the gold hands are (courtesy of Joel Warren) is a correct replacement. The paper time painted, not brass. This clock likely came with white paper dials and dial is an old replacement that was varnished to match it to the old- black hands. The backboard is hinged. The 8-day time-and-strike er calendar dial; both appear to be on the original zinc dial movement is signed EN Welch and is running and striking on a wire boards. The hands are correct on both dials. The 8-day time-and- gong. The nickel pendulum bob and linkage are correct. The calen- strike movement is signed E.N. Welch, made for ICCC. The pendu- dar movement is not working and will need more than a jiggle to lum rod mount is missing and the pendulum rod is now hung from get it working properly; the calendar date will advance when it is in the escapement; the clock is running and striking on the nickel the mood. Nonetheless, an uncommon clock. Only one example in bell. The calendar movement is dusty with yellowed rollers. The the Antique Clocks Price Guide, selling for $350 in 2014 at RO day of the week advances but the date hand needs adjustment. The Schmitt’s. $450-$600. Steeple model is not common; Horton’s sold one in 2016 for $1565, and the wall model in 2018 for $1100. No sales records in the An- 57. $250 tique Clocks Price Guide. $600-$900. Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 10 New Farmer’s”, 1880-1917. This was one of ICCC’s most popular 60. $300 clocks, produced in large numbers. The 26-inch Welch, Spring & Co. “B. W. Wagner Mantel”, case is walnut veneer, very clean with a good fin- 1877-1884. A 26-inch walnut case in clean condi- ish. The top crest is a professional replace- tion, original finials, both glasses old, replaced ment. The dials are paper on zinc, the hands cor- paper dials. The time dial is in rough condition rect, the dial glasses are new. The movement is and the numbering and lettering has been Welch, made for ICCC, 8-day time-and-strike on strengthened, not quite professionally. The the hours and half-hours. The gong is wire, it time hands are correct, the weekday hand is a should be a cathedral gong with a half-hour strike poor replacement; the lower calendar hands movement. The pendulum hanger and nickel bob are correct. The 8-day time-and-strike move- are correct. The calendar date and day are ad- ment is signed E.N. Welch, Forestville USA and vancing but could use some adjustment. This model sells on eBay is running and striking as expected. The lower for $350-$450. calendar is advancing. There is old black flock- ing on the backboard and a worn label on the bottom inside; the 58. $350 B.B. Lewis calendar cover label is missing. Horton’s sold one in 2017 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “National”, 1885-1902. This is a very unu- for $600. sual model; I cannot find any sales records, but it is discussed in Joel Warren’s book Ithaca’s Clock 61. $150 Makers on page 139. It is a hybrid of the Granger Wm. Gilbert Clock Co. “Columbia”, ca. 1901. A 36- and the No. 10 New Farmer’s, with a dial board inch walnut case with an older finish, possibly origi- over the two dials and a large glass door as on nal. The door glass is proper and likely original as the Granger. It shares the same top piece with well; the unsigned paper dial shows lots of wear, the Granger as well but has square rather than the hands original with a repair to the minute hand. canted corners on the base. It is 26 inches tall in The two outside drop finials are improper replace- walnut. As printed on the paper dials, this clock ments. Shreds of a label on the back. The signed was made for the National Calendar Clock Gilbert 8-day, time-and-strike movement is running Co. Given its rarity, I don’t think a lot were made and striking on the hour and half-hour on an Owen or sold. ICCC did not market this model under cathedral gong. This model is not especially un- their own name, although it is displayed promi- common but has been popular and brings relatively nently on the calendar dial. As in many ICCC high prices; Schmitt’s sold one in 2018 for $175; clocks made after 1900, the movement here was made by the Gil- Horton’s sold a calendar version in 2019 for $880. $150-$250. bert Clock Co., and the logo can be seen on the back side of the movement. It runs 8 days and strikes a cathedral gong on the hours 62. $350 and half-hours. The calendar linkage is unusual; I think it is a later Seth Thomas “Queen Anne”, ca. 1883. A 36-inch wal- addition, perhaps also the calendar movement, as the calendar nut case with an old finish and some patina. The door hand has a modern set screw mount. The clock is running, striking, glass is probably original; the dial has been repainted and the calendar date and day are advancing. The bob is brass; it and the Seth Thomas signature is a bit broken up. This should probably be nickel, and I think the paper dials are old re- is a time-only model with a signed 8-day movement placements. The door glass is likely original, and a partial instruc- and is running. The pendulum bob and stick are origi- tion label remains on the back, it is turned to the inside. With no nal; the hands are Seth Thomas issue. AAC sold one a sales records I am guessing $400-$600. year ago for $400. $350-$500.

63. $250 59. $500 Seth Thomas “Queen Anne”, ca. 1883. A second Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “Shelf Steeple”, 1878- Queen Anne, also in walnut with a clean finish. The 1890. This clock is set off by its pierced dial board door glass is original, the dial likely an old repaint, with that also was used in some of the higher-end Ithaca some touch-up around the center post. There is a calendar regulators. It is 26.5 inches tall in dark worn black label on the bottom inside. The movement walnut with a full front door, original glass, and is a No. 44 8-day, time-and-strike model that looks original fretwork with one repair in the middle right original to the case, however, the pendulum stick has (see photo of back). The top finial with mount been adapted to work (compare with #62). It will only

9 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures run for a few minutes and will need cleaning, if not repair. $250- came with an 18-inch dial; I often confuse this one $400. with the smaller Office No. 5. Of the three, I like this model the best. The dial glass is old, the dial 64. $750 repainted, the hands correct. Like #66, this clock Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1864. This is a uses a huge movement, the No. 50, a time-only, 15 very early Seth Thomas No. 2 regulator, as judged -day spring-driven behemoth. It is running with by the weight baffle label that bears the Plymouth authority. Horton’s sold one in 2018 in walnut for Hollow location; in 1865 the village was renamed $955; Harris sold a clean oak version last fall for Thomaston. Why is it not a No. 1 regulator? As $1100. $500-$750. best I can tell, because it does not have a seconds hand. Early No. 2’s did not have a seconds hand 68. $600 while the No. 1’s did; this was introduced to the New Haven “Sauer’s Advertiser”, ca. 1910. These No. 2 in 1879. Of course, later No. 2’s also used a clocks were made in the early 1900’s by Sauer’s in brass weight rather than the flat weight used in Richmond, VA, using a New Haven time-only, 8-day the No. 1’s and early No. 2’s. The tablet here is a unsigned movement and case, 42 inches in replacement on new glass, with a design used by length. It has a 12-inch signed, painted dial that Seth Thomas from 1878-1880, so it is not correct for this early mod- shows some smearing of the lettering from aggres- el. As long as I am criticizing, the walnut case has been re-veneered sive cleaning. The plain wood case is darkly stained on the bezel and the base has been replaced; the length of the case and has a few scrapes. The advertising glass is the is 31.5 inches, rather than the expected 34 inches. Furthermore, the main attraction and is in excellent shape with no dial is paper, but that could be corrected by a dial painter. On the scratches or losses; however, there is some tarnish- positive side, you don’t see many ST regulators with a Plymouth ing to the gold medals. Sauer’s reissued this clock Hollow label (I can find only a couple in the dozens of clocks shown in the 1970’s; reissues have a bright green back- in the Antique Clocks Price Guide), and this label is in good shape. ground behind the Sauer’s name, while the originals have a dark The rectangular movement is correct to this model (and unsigned, green background, as seen here. The clock is running fine and keep- as is typical), and the pendulum stick is original but has been paint- ing time but is rather loud. There is a New Haven label on the ed over the gilding; the bob is probably correct as well, and the back. AAC sold this clock a year ago for $900. $600-$900. weight is correct. The dial glass is old, the hands are correct. The clock is running. If you want a rare, early version of the No. 2 regula- 69. $300 tor, this one looks pretty good. $800-$1000. Waterbury “Regulator No. 18”, ca. 1893. A 52-inch oak case, very heavy, refinished with a red oak stain. 65. $1000 The top piece is a new replacement, unattached to Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 3”, ca. 1928. A 40- the case, and the finial is not as shown in the cata- inch quartered oak case with an old finish, the dial log illustration. The door glass is modern and the glass old, the lower glass likely a replacement. dial was repainted some time ago and has been This model was originally designed for railroad use touched up around the screw holes. The hands are and has a 14-inch diameter dial (see Ly, Seth Thom- Waterbury hands, as is the pendulum stick and bob as Clocks & Movements, Vol. 1, page 280); other No. and the beat scale. The movement is the No. 20 3’s have 12-inch dials and 44-inch cases. The dial movement, 8 days, time-only, driven by two flat has been repainted, the hands are Seth Thomas weights that lay out of sight on the sides of the issue. I believe that the two returns that should be case. This is a good brass plate movement from on each side of the bottom have been lost on this Waterbury with dead-beat escapement and retaining power. It is clock. The weight and pendulum bob are correct. running without issue. The case is plain but attractive; it should be The No. 62 movement is signed and running, with noted that this model changed by 1906, with a different crest and maintaining power and deadbeat escapement. This clock will do base. Both styles are shown on page 185 of Ly’s book, Waterbury the job you need done. Horton’s sold one in 2019 for $1250. $1000- Clocks and Watches. There is no label. The most recent sale of an $1200. early No. 18 that I can find was at Schmitt’s in 2012 for $550. $300- $500. 66. $300 Seth Thomas “Arcade”, 1915. A 24-inch gallery 70. $325 clock with an 18-inch dial and a 30-day, time- Waterbury “Regulator No. 20”, ca. 1906. A 38- only, spring-driven movement (ST No. 86T) inch oak case with an old finish, a bit dull. The that is so big it is scary. Another clock that has door glass is old, the dial glass not so much. The one job and one job only – to tell you the time, painted 12-inch dial may be original as it is quite every time, from anywhere in the room. The dirty but with little flaking. The hands are cor- case is oak with an old finish, slightly crusty. rect and old. The brass plate movement is The glass is new, the zinc dial repainted. The signed and running, time-only, eight days with a hands are correct to this model. A good label on the back, along seconds hand, driven by two wafer weights that with the date of manufacture. It is running without issue. AAC sold run along the sides of the case. The pendulum one last July for $300. $300-$450. stick and bob are correct. A black label on the inside bottom. Horton’s sold a near-identical 67. $500 example in July of 2019 for $350. $350-$500. Seth Thomas “Lobby 14 Inch” ca. 1895. A 31-inch oak veneered-case with carvings on the front, in an “old oak” finish. A larger version

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71. $300 on pages 581-588 of Ly’s Vol. 2 of Seth Thomas Clocks & Movements. Ansonia “Jumper No. 1”, ca. 1891. Ansonia made This one is not shown. It is 13 inches tall and 20.5 inches wide. three novelty “bobbing” clocks that remain popu- There are some chips to the slate, lar; I have two of them here. The No. 1 is 15.5-inches particularly at the upper left corner, tall in a bright nickel finish; I think it may have been but the glossy polish makes them replated. The dial is old paper, signed, and the nearly invisible. The gold paint in the hands are correct. The bisque doll does not match incised patterns is very good, and any of the dolls in the catalog illustrations and so it there are two marbled accents on the is likely a replacement, made in Germany (on the front. The two-part porcelain dial bottom); note that one side of her swing is broken with ST logo has some chips but they off. The one-day movement is signed and running, aren’t terribly noticeable; it sits be- and the little girl is bobbing happily. You will be too hind a beveled glass in a brass rococo sash. The visible escapement if you win one of these novelties! Schmitt-Horan sold one online has steel pallets. The 8-day, time and half-hour strike is signed and last fall for $300. $300-$500. running, striking on a cathedral gong. Seth Thomas marble mantel clocks are surprisingly uncommon, and this one deserves a second 72. $400 look. $150-$300. Ansonia “Jumper No. 2”, ca. 1891. The No. 2 Jumper is slightly smaller than the No. 1, at 14.5 inches tall. 76. $1500 The nickel plating on this example is a bit dull and I Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 18”, ca. 1883. The cannot exclude the possibility that part or all of it has No. 18 is 54 inches tall, this one in walnut or, possi- been repainted. Nonetheless, it looks good and the bly, darkly stained oak, with a polished finish. The paper dial is clean; the hands are correct. The bisque repainted metal dial is 14 inches in diameter, with doll matches the girl in the catalog illustration (Ly, three proper hands and a ST logo. Both glasses Ansonia Clocks & Watches, page 66) and she is also are old. The pendulum bob and stick are correct, bobbing happily. The one-day movement is signed. as is the single brass weight. The unsigned time- These two look good together! The No. 2 Jumper only movement is as shown in Ly, Seth Thomas seems to be a bit more common than the No. 1, with Clocks & Movements, Vol. 1, page 300; it beats two sales in 2018 for $600 and $700 at Wooten & seconds and is running effortlessly. No label in- Wooten and Fontaine’s, respectively. $500-$700. side or out. No two ways around it, this is a nice example. Horton’s sold one in 2019 for $1750, as 73. $350 did Fontaine’s. $1500-$2000. Ansonia “Earl” crystal regulator, ca. 1914. A 13-inch gilded brass case with four beveled glasses and an 8-day, hour 77. $4000 and half-hour gong strike with visible escapement Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 6 Double Time”, and ruby pallets. The gilding is good in most plac- ca. 1884. A 49-inch walnut or possibly mahoga- es; the top is dull. The two-part porcelain dial is ny case in excellent condition with a polished clean with one hairline at the 12, the glasses are finish. The door glass is likely a replacement, unchipped except for the back door at the very the dials likely old repaints with the ST logo; the bottom. It is running and striking as expected. hands are proper. The bezels are brass with a This model is shown with two crystal vase side- brass weight and a brass pendulum bob, the pieces in the catalog illustration (Ly, Ansonia railroad time and local time plaques are painted Clocks & Watches, page 114). A $62 clock in 1914; metal. The upper movement is time-only, 8 days today that would be $1550. Wow! I can only find with a seconds hand and is signed; the lower one sale of this model, in 2011 at Harris, with the movement appears to be a replacement, as it side vases, for $2600. An auctioneer can hope… $350-$500. does not match those shown in three sales (Schmitt’s and Harris) and in the photos shown 74. $1200 in Ly’s Seth Thomas Clocks & Movements Third Seth Thomas “Sonora Chime Clock No. 264”, ca. Edition, Vol. 1, page 284. The drive shaft be- 1914. Eight bells and nine hammers, playing tween the two movements differs from those Whittington and Westminster chimes, or alter- shown for two sales, but matches that shown in the most recent nating the hours with both. A 14-inch mahogany sale at Harris. It will only run for a few minutes and so needs atten- case with blond wood inlay in front and a sil- tion; I suspect the problem lies in the lower movement or drive. If vered dial behind a convex, beveled glass; some you move either minute hand the corresponding hand on the other wear to the dial. Running and chiming on cue. I dial moves as well, but the two hands are slightly off in time. I be- cannot find that Horton’s has sold an 8-bell ST lieve that the drive shaft is spring-loaded to allow independent set- clock in the last eight years. Schmitt’s sold one ting of the local time. As noted, there are only three sales records, (not this model) in 2017 for $3600. There are a the most recent being in 2018 at Harris for $6000. $5000-$10,000. couple of sales of ST 8-bells on LiveAuctioneers in 2018 for $2200 and $3000. These guys are not common. And of course, it sounds 78. $500 great. $1200-$2400. Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 6”, 1885. A beautiful walnut case, 49 inches long, with an old patina. The door glass is old but likely re- 75. $150 placed, the dial likely an old repaint with the ST logo and name. The Seth Thomas marble mantel clock, ca. 1888. Seth Thomas made a three hands are correct. The dial bezel is nickel, as is the weight, number of Belgian slate (black marble) mantel clocks, many shown pulley, and damascened pendulum bob. The unsigned, 8-day time-

11 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures only movement will run for about 10 minutes before porcelain dial is very clean and has a seconds bit, un- stopping and will need service. There is an old black common in Viennas; with pierced hands. The 8-day, label on the bottom inside, and the date of manufac- two-weight movement is unsigned; it is running, strik- ture stamped on the back. These clocks have been ing a wire gong on the hour and half-hour. $250-$500. selling for around $1000 as of late. $600-$1000. 84. $350 79. $350 Anton Schlesinger three-weight Vienna regulator, ca. Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 6”, 1975. 1890. An interesting case style that This is the reissued version with the displays elements of the late Baroque certificate/label on the inside bottom and Jugenstil periods near the turn of (#475 of 4000). The 49-inch case in the twentieth century. The 47-inch case walnut veneer looks great; the signed 8-day, time-only is veneered in a burled wood with additional grain movement will only run for a short while without painting to enhance the effect. The door glass looks stopping and will need to be disassembled and original; the two-part porcelain dial is signed “Anton cleaned. $400-$800. Schlesinger in Wien” but there are no markings on the movement. The clock strikes on the quarter hours 80. $1500 and repeats the last hour count on two wire gongs. It Seth Thomas “Marcy”, 1891. Perhaps is running, a bit tentatively, and striking as required. my favorite Seth Thomas wall clock of those that are $350-$600. generally available; the Marcy is 46 inches tall and is distinguished by its quarter-hour double-strike on 85. $250 two cup bells. It counts the hours on a cathedral Vienna two-weight regulator, ca. 1880. There is a logo gong. This one is in oak, with an old finish over- stamped on the back of the movement but I can’t brushed with a darker stain, giving it an antiqued identify it. The 52-inch case has an old finish with pati- look that I like. Note the many carvings on the door na, along with numerous carvings and burl panels; and crest. The lower glass is newer, the dial glass note the king’s face below the crest. The door glass is old. The dial was repainted by The Dial House, the newer, the two-part porcelain dial is badly damaged hands are correct. The spring-driven movement is and repaired on the outer ring and probably should be signed and running but shows some battle scars; it replaced; note the seconds bit and pierced hands. The would benefit from cleaning. No label. Although weights are a bit banged up. It is running and striking Horton’s sold one in 2017 for $2780, recent prices at other auctions on the hours and half-hours on a wire gong. $250- are typically around $1700. $1500-$2000. $500.

81. $175 86. $1000 Junghans box chime clock, ca. 1920. The 39.5-inch William Cummens banjo, ca. 1830. Cummens was an case looks like walnut and has been cleaned and apprentice of Simon Willard in Roxbury; his banjos are given a light finish. The dial glass is convex and very similar to Willard’s but often a bit more decora- there are six beveled glasses in the door with fluted tive, including a signed dial, as found here. The ma- full columns on each side. The silvered dial is in hogany case, including the backboard, is 33 inches good condition. The movement was not removed long with gilt framing and a gilt acorn finial; no cabi- from the case; it strikes on four chime rods on each netmaker’s lot numbers are evident. Cummens fa- side, playing Westminster chimes on the quarter vored mustard yellow backgrounds on his glasses and hours and counting the hours on the other four trim barbed arrow hands; while the hands on this chime rods. It will not run for more than a few clock are original, as is the paint and signature on the minutes and probably will need service. The pendu- iron dial, I believe the glasses were replaced and re- lum bob is dented. Note the Junghans emblem on painted in the last century (the dial glass also appears the inside back wall. $200-$300. to be modern). The 8-day time-only movement matches other movements made by Cummens, includ- 82. $150 ing the T-bridge, the small straight click-pawl, and the weight cord Altdeutsch spring-driven Vienna regulator, ca. 1880. A tie-off pin on the lower left post. It will only run under the best of nice spring-driven Vienna in mostly original condition, conditions and will be very difficult to get running reliably. Note 36 inches tall. Neither the case nor movement are that the Roman numeral XXXXVII is stamped into the pendulum signed, although there is a serial number on the move- keyhole. The duck bill lead weight is correct. In 2018 Cottone’s sold ment. The door glass and the bottom finial are re- three similar Cummens banjos for $1400, $2200, and placements. The porcelain dial is old with little $2500. $1400-$2000. wear. It is running and striking on the hours and half- hours on a wire gong. $200-$300. 87. $250 New England banjo, ca. 1830? This early banjo has an 83. $250 unusual brass movement that I have not seen in other Altdeutsch two-weight Vienna regulator, ca. 1870. This is a beautiful banjos – it seems to be a cross between a wheelbarrow 52-inch carved mahogany case with old glass in the door. Unfortu- movement and an A-frame movement, the latter typi- nately, the crest piece does not quite match, as it appears to be cal of Rhode Island makers. I cannot find an equivalent walnut; it is also missing the bottom center finial and some small in Foley’s or Petrucelli and Sposato’s books. If you can trim pieces that go around the top at the door. The two-piece provide any insight please let me know. The case is 30

12 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures inches long, possibly gilded at one time, now gold-painted. One or No. 2 introduced the Fashion-style case used in both glasses have been nicely repainted on old glass, the dial glass all subsequent models, with minor variations. is slightly convex. The finial is a poor replacement. The original This 26.5-inch case was veneered in walnut, but painted dial is flaking badly; the hands are likely original. There is a subsequent models were solid walnut. The lead weight; the clock is running tentatively. With a proper eagle or veneer on this clock is practically perfect and it acorn finial this would be a nice example, as the glasses are very is likely that at least the curved pieces have good and the movement unusual. $250-$750. been re-veneered. The two glasses are old, the dials repainted in the proper style, the hands 88. $400 correct. The 8-day time-and-strike movement Massachusetts banjo, ca. 1840. I can’t identify the was made by Seth Thomas for SCCC and is maker of this banjo but it is typical of Boston area stamped into the front of the movement. It is makers around 1840. It has a center screw-mounted, running and striking on a cathedral gong, which unsigned movement with a long straight click-pawl is unusual because most strike on a brass bell. and a trapezoidal pendulum keystone. The 30-inch The weekday roller is advancing but the date hand is not and will case is mahogany, no evidence of a base, likely re- need some attention. Good labels inside and a very nice example of placement wood finial, and repainted glasses that this model. AAC sold one in somewhat poorer condition last sum- have been reputtied into place. The flat dial glass is a mer for $325. $350-$500. newer replacement and the repainted iron dial is held in place by four screws that match the only four holes 92. $900 in the case, but the dial was made to be mounted Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 3”, ca. with j-hooks. The hands are original/period and the 1880. The first model to use a full-glass door iron weight is lead-coated. The pendulum tie-down is with “Fashion” on the glass in gilt lettering, and lost. AAC sold this banjo a year ago for $500. $500- the first to include a seconds bit on the time dial. $800. The solid walnut case is 27.5-inches tall (32 inches with the finial) with a clean and slightly dulled 89. $350 finish on the base. The door glass is old and the William Pratt banjo, 1835-1844. William Pratt worked lettering correct; both dials have been repainted out of Boston after finishing his training with William and the time dial has been touched up as well. Grant in 1835, initially by himself and later (1844) The back of the zinc calendar dial is flaking badly. with his brother, and later again with his sons. This The seconds hand is a replacement, the other mahogany-veneered case is 32.5 inches long with hands correct. The 8-day time-and-strike move- the top fleur-de-lis finial. The iron dial holds the ment was made by Seth Thomas for the SCCC, as original paint and a faint “William Pratt | Boston” imprinted on the front of the movement. It is very reluctant to run signature, held in place with j- hooks; the moon and will need a cleaning, as it has probably sat for years. Note the hands may be replacements. The 8-day time-only nickel star pendulum bob with the leaf ornamentation on top, cor- movement matches that shown for a Pratt banjo rect for this model. It strikes on a large brass bell. The calendar in Willard’s Patent Time Pieces by Foley (page 68); it weekday roller is advancing but the date hand is not and will need is running without problem. The dial glass is a re- attention. There is a large dark blue and gold label inside that may placement; the throat glass is original with the origi- be a replica, and a white label behind the calendar. Horton’s sold nal painted design, the tablet is repainted one in 2017 for $1350 but prices have come down since then. $900- (unsigned) on old glass. The banjo weight looks like a modern sub- $1200. stitute, and there is a complete pendulum tie-down. $400-$600. 93. $600 90. $500 Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 4”, ca. James C. Cole banjo, ca. 1830. Cole worked in Rochester NH in the 1885. A 32-inch case (with center finial) that has first half of the nineteenth century as a clock and watch maker and been cleaned to the limit, as bright as can be. jeweler. He made tall-case clocks and banjos, but Note the burl on the left side. The glass is origi- only one other banjo is listed in the Antique Clocks nal, the lettering correct. Both dial pans are re- Price Guide. This banjo is 33 inches tall with a 7-inch placements, correctly painted, and the hands are painted metal dial that includes his signature, proba- correct; the seconds hand is missing. I looked bly restored in part where there appears to be some for it in the bottom of the case and the secret inpainting. The minute hand has been repaired. The compartment in back but all I found was Confed- convex dial glass is a replacement, as is the fini- erate money, so I put it back. This model used al. Both glasses are old and the eglomise paintings the second version of the Seth Thomas No. 85F may be original; the throat glass is cracked at the movement, and it is quite sturdy. Like all previ- top. Note that there is some molding missing on the ous models it uses a short-drop pendulum, this left side of the throat. The brass T-bridge pinned one on a wooden stick with a damascened Seth Thomas brass bob. movement is unsigned, running strongly with a lead The seconds hand on the time dial is recessed here with a nickel weight. A rare example from this maker; the clock ring, differing from the No. 3. The calendar is not advancing and will noted above in the Antique Clocks Price Guide sold need attention. It is running and striking without problem. Fashion at RO Schmitt’s in 2018 for $2000. $600-$900. No. 4’s are perhaps the most common model and are currently sell- ing for less than $750. $600-$800. 91. $300 Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 2”, ca. 1878. The Fashion

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94. $1200 tied in; the middle glass displays a very nice and detailed lithograph Seth Thomas “Fashion No. 5”, 1890. Note the image (unlikely to be original), and the lower door mirror is very old date stamped on the back of this case (1890), and possibly original. There are two ivory escutcheons; it is not indicating that this clock was made after the clear if the large claw feet are original to the clock. There are two Southern Calendar Clock Company had failed turned feet in back. The wooden dial appears to have been repaint- and been bought out by Seth Thomas. This ed and is very clean and bright. Note the large cutout to view the clock contains a long-drop movement (85D, no unusual brass movement, thought to be designed by Eli’s younger outside fly) with a damascened nickel pendu- brother Silas. This clock does not include weights or a pendulum lum bob and the movement is no longer bob but when I hung appropriate weights (#901 in Parts, available to signed “Made exclusively for the Southern the winning bidder of this clock for $50) the clock ran without issue. Calendar Clock Co.”. The case has the tradi- The strike chain functions as well but the iron bell is missing. There tional arched top but the early version of the is a good label inside. There are two similar examples in the Antique calendar door, where a small doorknob is be- Clocks Price Guide, but no recent sales. $350-$750. hind the outer door frame requiring a small “hollow” in the outer door frame to accommodate the knob. Later 97. $150 editions moved the knob away from the edge so that no accommo- Seth Thomas “Column Shell”, ca. 1863. This is an early example of dation was needed. The dials here are paper replacements with flat this model, made before Plymouth Hollow nickel bezels, correct Fashion hands, and a recessed seconds bit was renamed Thomaston in 1865. Thomas dial. The door glass is original with the proper lettering. There are made this model in many styles, all 32 inches no labels inside. The clock is running and the calendar is advancing. tall with two doors and three glasses. Here AAC sold a Fashion No. 5 last summer for $1775. $1500-$2000. we have a shell pattern on the half-columns with gilt capitals and plinths and three period 95. $ 600 glasses – notably, both tablets appear to be Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 9”, ca. 1889. This is the period. The rosewood veneer is in excellent New Haven version of the No. 9, made by the shape with some chipping and missing pieces New Haven Clock Co. for the SCCC after SCCC on the left side of the base; there is some changed ownership and moved to Columbus, separation of the cornice at the top left. The MS. The relocated firm was only in business for a contoured painted metal dial shows some year or two. The case is made of hardwood soiling but no chipping. The 8-day time-and- stained dark walnut, with a flat top and crest strike lyre movement is signed Plymouth Hol- rather than rounded top. The finials also differ low and is running, but I did not check the strike side as the weight from the earlier finials. The glass in the door is hook is missing. There is half a label inside, but enough to show the likely original, the Fashion lettering is cor- Plymouth Hollow origin. This clock comes without weights or a rect. Black unlabeled paper dials were used, as pendulum bob; weights that will work in this clock can be found in found here; these are likely replacements and the Parts, #902. A very nice early example. $150-$300. dial pans may be as well. The 8-day time-and- strike movement is signed with the New Haven 98. $200 logo. It is running and striking a rich deep gong on the hours and New England Mirror Clock, ca. 1830? An incomplete restoration of half-hours. The simple calendar is advancing. There is a good white this large (40 inches by 20.5 inches) mirror label inside with instructions and stating that the clock was made clock. The door is original, early 1800’s, the box for the SCCC by the New Haven Clock Co. AAC sold two last sum- case is later, possibly early 1900’s. I expect that mer for $650. $600-$750. the 8-day brass rack-and-snail strike movement, the dial, and the mirror-front all went together; As always, thanks to Tim Ritchhart, my Fashion consultant! nothing is signed. I believe the mirror is a twen- tieth century replacement and the dial surround 96. $350 repainted, perhaps as late as the 1960’s given Eli Terry, Jr. Empire shelf clock, ca. 1835. Eli Terry, Jr. worked on his the rather psychedelic design. The dial does own from 1831 to 1835 under his own name; in 1835 he took on two not appear to be repainted and the hands are partners (Blakesley and Goodwin) and formed Eli Terry, Jr. & Co., period with the movement. There are no which continued until his death from consumption (tuberculosis) in weights and it needs pulleys to hang weights 1841, at the age of 42. They made brass 8-day clocks with Babbitt properly; I hung two 4.5-lb weights from the metal (mostly tin, with antimony and copper) for the drums and cords to test the movement and it ran for a pinions; the pinions in this clock appear to be made of this alloy, while and would set, but would not strike. The gilded front of the suggesting that this clock was made after the case is quite impressive with gesso-formed eagles holding American formation of this partnership, and although shields on the columns and deeply carved wooden rosettes on the the label does not credit this business, it does four corners, and is certainly worth saving. If you are looking for a state that the clock was made in Terrysville, worthy project clock, I think this would be a good one. $200-$400. which became the local name for the area in the late 1830’s. This is an impressive clock; it 99. $2000 stands 40 inches tall and 22.5 inches wide in John Taber (attr.) tall shelf/mirror clock. There is no signature or flame mahogany veneer with full columns, label on this clock, but it very much resembles two other John Taber elaborately carved mahogany capitals, and shelf clocks, one of which sold last fall at Fairfield Auction for $2600. brass ornaments in the top corners. The dial The other sold in 2001 at Cottone’s and came from the collection of glass has been replaced and needs to be put- Peter Zaharis. Taber is listed in American Clockmakers & Watchmak-

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Note that the fancy pendulum is missing veneered in mahogany with two free-standing the speed adjustment indicator. There is a partial square columns on each side; the sides of the label on the back. This model would have cost you case appear to be walnut. There is a scroll top $8.50 in 1893, the equivalent of $236 today. This and four corner wooden finials with one center model has been selling lately on eBay in the mid- finial. The interior is painted a distinctive green $400’s. $400-$500. color also seen in the other two Taber shelf clocks, with a wooden dial painted in the same 104. $500 pattern as the other two (leaves in the corners) and with very dis- Seth Thomas “Umbria”, ca. 1900. A 40.5-inch oak tinctive hand-crafted hands. The dial glass is old but not early case in an Old Oak finish with a 15-day, time-only 1800’s, and the mirror also is old. There is repair label from a shop movement. The glasses are old, the dial looks origi- in Portland, Maine from the early 1900’s. There is no weight with nal with a bit of flaking on the upper left, and some this clock, but I hung a banjo weight and it ran for a few minutes. soiling. The hands are correct. The pendulum bob $2000-$3000. needs some polish. The case was formerly stained red and has been refinished; you can see the old 100. $5000 stain on the back of the crest and behind the dial. T.E. Burleigh, Jr. “Grafton Wall Clock” reproduc- The Seth Thomas No. 40 movement is rugged and tion, ca. 1980. In the 1980’s Ted Burleigh made 50 running. No label. Horton’s sold one in 2018 for reproductions of the “Grafton wall clock” originally $600. $500-$750. made in the 1790’s by Simon and Aaron Willard. This is number 11, as indicated on the signed label 105. $1000 inside the clock. It is 25.5 inches tall, in a mahogany E. Howard “No. 27 Marble Dial”, ca. 1874. A 35-inch long white mar- case, and runs for 8 days with a passing strike at ble face with an 18-inch dial. The marble has been cleaned except the hour on the nickel bell over the brass dial. It is where the ink numbering, lettering and lines are placed, hence the driven by a lead weight, the movement made by gray color on the uncleaned portions of the Kilbourn and Proctor. The clock is not running relia- dial. The trefoil hands are original, the glass bly and will need attention. This exact clock last tablet correct. The 8-day, time-only movement sold in 2016 for $9000 at R.O. Schmitt’s; in 2017 is signed and driven by a no. 17 iron weight; the Schmitt’s sold one for $8,500. $5000-$9000. pendulum bob is damascened and there is a tie -down on the original weight shield board. So 101. $200 how do you get at this clock to, say, adjust the Waterbury Clock Co. “Eton”, ca. 1906. A 38-inch pendulum up or down, or restart it if it stops? refinished oak case, old glass in the door and a poor- You sure don’t want to have to remove the ly touched-up signed, painted dial with fancy Water- marble face, which must weigh 40 lb. Howard bury wall clock hands. All the brass has been pol- put a lever on the bottom that swings back ished to a flawless shine. There is a label on the and forth; flip it to the other side and it hits the back and remains of a label inside on the base. Wa- pendulum rod and knocks it into motion. To terbury porcelain beat scale at the bottom. The 8- adjust the speed there is a screw handle on top day, time-and-strike spring-driven movement is of the clock that moves the pendulum assembly up or down, just signed, running and striking. Etons are not uncom- like moving the bob up or down with the rating nut. The clock is mon, selling on eBay for $250-$350. running without problem. Schmitt-Horan sold one last October for $1300; Harris sold one in 2019 for $1600. $1200-$1500. 102. $250 Waterbury Clock Co. “Alton”, ca. 1906. A 39-inch spring-driven wall clock, this one in walnut with an old patina. The glass is old, the dial likely original paper with some wear and yellowing, the hands fancy Waterbury issue. All the brass has been pol- Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for ished to a high shine. There are labels on the back and one on the interior base, below a Waterbury updates and corrections, and porcelain beat scale. The signed, 8-day time-only movement is running like a champ. Altons are not additional photos! terribly common, and walnut is always attractive in an old finish. $300-$500.

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106. $100 109. $400 Muller “Ball Players” reproduction iron-front, Bradley & Hubbard “Sambo”, ca. 1870. A popular example of black ca. 1876. This is not one of the few original Americana and often thought of as the partner to Topsey, this 16- Nicholas Muller examples of this highly valued inch cast iron clock portrays a banjo player with eyes that move up clock; if it were, I would be asking thousands and down as the clock ticks. This example has been fully repainted of dollars for it. This is a spelter reproduction, and “antiqued” to give an aged patina. It also a very good reproduction, of the original Amer- appears to have a glossy overcoat. The eyes are ican Clock Co. iron-front. At the top are two original, the paper dial likely replaced, hands boys thought to be watching a game from a appropriate, dial glass replaced. The brim of roof-top; in the middle are two 1870’s ball play- the hat appears to have been broken and re- ers (Bob Ferguson and Bobby Mathews), and paired, but is not noticeable. The unsigned 30- at the bottom are Henry Chadwick (a famous sportswriter of the hour balance lever movement is running day) and Alexander Cartwright, the father of modern baseball. The strongly, the eyes moving up and down. More spelter metal has been painted gold and has some roughness, as common than Topsey, and of course there are you would expect of a recasting. The dial is glossy paper behind a many reproductions and examples where the brass bezel and glass; the 30-hour time-and-strike movement is un- movement has been replaced with a modern signed and there is no label (not surprisingly). It is running but the movement. Look for the smile in the dial. $500 strike chain needs attention. A clock for baseball lovers. $100-$250. -$800.

107. $100 110. $750 Hammond Clock Co. “Polar Bird”, ca. 1932. In November of 1929 Bradley & Hubbard(?) “Organ Grinder”, ca. 1870. An uncommon Richard Byrd flew over the South Pole in a Ford blinking eye clock standing 17 inches tall. These clocks were not Trimotor airplane, a highly celebrated achieve- signed by B&H but are generally attributed to that ment commemorated by this electric clock with a firm. This one has no doubt been repainted, prob- scene depicted in bas relief of the Antarctic expe- ably different aspects at different times. It’s hard dition. Byrd brought three airplanes to Antarctica to tell what if any is original paint; there is some including a Fokker Universal monoplane likely wear and some paint splatters on the case. The depicted here. Now that we’re all up to speed on 30-hour lever movement is signed L Hubbell with the subsequently promoted Rear Admiral Byrd a patent date of 1865. It is dirty and needs service (who also claims to have flown over the North and will run only briefly when hooked up to the Pole), I might note that this clock case is made of a black plastic/ rocking eyes. The eyes are not original, but in- composite-type of material (not Bakelite) including the image on stead are painted thumb tacks (how clever!). The the front, 8.25 inches tall. The hands and propeller are metal. It has paper dial is old, as are the hands and glass. You a Hammond spin-start motor inside that runs once you get it going can find eight sales of this novelty on LiveAuc- but will require repeated spins of the propeller to start it. Once tioneers, ranging from $950 to $6500. One sold running the propeller turns at a modest speed, no danger of injury on eBay last fall for $849. to probing fingers or paws. The cord has been replaced and it has an old-style plug. This is a hard-to-find clock that is especially popu- 111. $2500 lar because of the turning propeller. $100-$150. Early French gilded Empire figural, ca. 1850. A large and impressive gilded clock with a female 108. $600 figure and an astronomical theme, including Bradley & Hubbard, “Topsey”, ca. 1870. Perhaps the most desirable the signs of the zodiac on the outer ring of the blinking eye clock. She stands 17 inches tall in cast iron. Like most dial. The gilding is in excellent condition con- of these old iron clocks she has been repainted; sidering it is 170 years old – there are a few certainly the skirt, where you can see paint chips spots of wear but nothing excessive. It stands underneath the newer paint. Likely her blouse, just over 26 inches tall and 20.5 inches wide possibly the stockings and shoes as well. The and is heavy. The back door is glass, the move- thing to look for with blinking eye clocks are the ment is signed “Viere ~ Paris” just under the silk thread winding eyes, which should be white with black pu- knob; at the bottom is a stamped metal award with “Pons” in the pils. They are often replaced with doll’s middle. I can’t find a clockmaker to match Viere. It has an 8-day silk eyes. There are modern reproductions as well as thread movement with a bell strike on the hours and half-hours and antique copies made in Europe. The cast iron is running and striking without issue. One of the better French bases are not signed with Topsey. The fit on this clocks I have been able to offer in the past year. Horton’s sold this one to the base is not quite right, suggesting that clock in 2017 for $4000. $2500-$4000. it may have been banged around, or the base is from another figure. The 30-hour balance lever movement is some- 112. $500 times signed Waterbury Clock Co, but often not; this one is not St. Michael the Archangel clock, ca. 1880. A signed. It is running and the eyes are moving up and down once heavy and impressive bronze clock and sculp- you get it started, which you do by rocking it sideways. The dial is ture of St. Michael the Archangel crushing the old paper; the hands are correct, the dial glass replaced. These gen- Devil. The statue is just under 23 inches tall and erally sell for $800-$1200; Horton’s sold one in January 2019 for 16 inches wide; note the dragons on each side $1190. of the base. The 4-inch black dial has brass num- bering and hands and sits behind a beveled glass in a brass sash; it was sold by “H. Clement

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A Chinon”. Chinon is located southwest of Paris in the Loire Valley, No. 0 Bank model. The back of the dial board shows evidence of notable for its many beautiful chateaus. The 8-day pendule de Paris once being covered with red cloth. The paper dials are in clean con- movement is unsigned; I cannot persuade it to run. The pendulum dition, good numbering, with some wear marks on the calendar dial. is a replacement. An impressive piece. $500-$1000. This model contains a 30-day double-wind movement made by Welch for the Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. as shown on page 130 of 113. $750 Ly’s Calendar Clocks. The calendar movement is also period/original. English fusee bracket clock, ca. 1830. This is The clock is running, keeping time, and the calendar is advancing. probably a Ballard clock based on the movement These clocks did not come with labels. AAC sold a later version of and similar clocks online. The dial has been re- this model last summer for $3200. $3000-$3500. painted and no maker/marketer/location was added; the dial glass appears to be original. The 117. $250 20-inch case, veneered in mahogany, has carved Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 16 Hanging Index”, 1890-1916. One leaves across the arched top and inlaid brass of the first oak clocks made by ICCC, made of across the bottom and both side half- solid oak, 30 inches long. The Hanging Index is columns. Hoop handles on both sides and two not at all common. This one has advertising for side glasses and a glass in the rear door to view the Simons Brothers in Mt. Gilead, OH on the the unsigned early 1800’s (note the movement pillars) brass double- lower dial. Early models of this clock had a black fusee movement. There is a heavy pendulum and a steel bell; the painted dial board, as found here, but this dial clock is running and striking, but a bit out of plumb. There are keys board did not start out with this clock; there are for the rear door and the sash; it sits on four brass ball feet that screw holes across the middle that have nothing allow leveling. There are some cracks and repairs to the 190-year- to screw into. The board is also badly warped and old veneer on the top and right side. This is a high-quality early Eng- separated at the bottom; there is incising, as com- lish bracket clock. $750-$1200. monly found with Ithaca dial boards, that proba- bly should have gold highlighting. The paper- 114. $300 covered metal dials are also replacements, as the proper calendar French Boulle portico, ca. 1880. A beautifully dial should have a round opening to view the pendulum bob. The ornate black lacquer portico with brass, shell, movement here is a time-only double-wind, unsigned, and looks like and tortoise shell inlay, 22 inches tall. There is an it was made by Pomeroy. It is running without problem but the con- ornate gilded brass sash around the porcelain nection to the calendar movement has been replaced with a home- dial signed “Dellon Freres” in Paris. The back of made version that needs adjustment to get the calendars work- the 8-day, time and half-hour strike pendule de ing. A nice label on the back. $350-$500. Paris movement is also signed, and the gilded pendulum matches the sash. Yes, there are 118. $300 missing pieces of inlay and the dial has been Wm. Gilbert “Octagon Drop Calendar”, 1861- repaired at the winding arbors, but overall, this 1866. This is the first edition of the Maranville clock is in excellent condition. It is running and patent calendar dial, in which the days and striking without issue. $400-$800. month are adjusted with a winding key to turn the two dials behind the main dial: The upper 115. $100 key stud turns the month dial, the lower stud Westerstrands Swedish cartel clock, vintage. A 20- turns the day of the week dial. You turn the inch tall cartel wall clock made of wood or compo- weekday dial to adjust the weekdays to the cal- site and gilded. It has large carved roses on the endar days. It’s quite simple and quite ingenious top and sides and the typical window for viewing if you don’t mind adjusting the calendar every month. With that the the pendulum over the carved base. The dial is red calendar hand tells you the day of the week and the date. Later painted metal with ornate gold hands and behind editions of this calendar dial let you use a pencil to move the back a convex glass in a brass bezel. It is running and dials; I like this version better. The case is 24 inches long with good striking a bell on the hours and half-hours. I would rosewood veneer all around. Both glasses are new, the dial old, guess this was made in the latter half of the twen- possibly original. Some chipping is evident. The hands are cor- tieth century; there is some loss of gilding on the rect. The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is unsigned, running and tip carving. $100-$200. striking on a wire gong, and the calendar is advancing. A label in- side. These guys generally sell for around $400. $300-$400. 116. $3000 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 3 Vienna”, ca. 1880. 119. $250 A 52-inch walnut case in wonderful condition, clean Wm. Gilbert “Octagon Drop Calendar”, 1861- and polished, but not without patina. The burl wal- 1866. A second version of the Maranville calen- nut insets in the four corners of the door are quite dar; a similar example is shown on page 72 of nice. This clock has had significant restoration, in- Ly’s book Gilbert Clocks. This one is 22.5 inches cluding a new base, backboard, finials, and pendu- long with a rosewood veneer around the bezel, lum stick, all by Joel Warren. The crest is original with some wear, and an interesting pattern on but note that the centerpiece has been broken off the lower door. That door has an original Gilbert and glued into place. The repair is not noticeable. porthole glass; the dial glass is modern and the The door glass is old but I wouldn’t bet that it is metal dial nicely repainted. All three hands are original. This is the early version of this model, with also new. As with #22, you advance the month the pierced walnut dial board like that found in the and weekday calendar dials by using the winding key on the studs at

17 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures the top and The bottom of the calendar. The 8-day time-and-strike 123. $500 movement is signed and running, striking on a wire gong on the Hiram Welton “Improved Time-Piece with hour, the calendar hand is advancing. There is a good label in- Alarm”, ca. 1840. This is an early Hiram Wel- side. This model is less common than #22, but typically sells for ton clock and notable for its miniature size $400 or so; Cottone’s sold one last year for $450. $250-$400. (24 inches). Welton took over the Eli Terry Jr. business in 1841 but it failed by 1845. It is 120. $1200 unclear if this clock was made in that period Waterbury Clock Co. “Peoria” calendar clock, or prior to that in the 1830’s. He went on to ca. 1900. A 42-inch oak case with a very old make brass movement clocks, and these are finish. The door glass is original, as is the flak- the ones you find most often by him, and his ing painted metal dial. The hands are Water- brother Heman. Note the label “Made and bury issue. The 8-day movement is unsigned sold at Terrysville, Plymouth, Con.” This uses and running without problem; the calendar a 30-hour time and alarm movement that is mechanism is unique to this and two other Wa- running. As best I can tell these clocks were grain-painted rather terbury models. Unless I’ve missed a trick, the than veneered; there are a couple of examples on LiveAuctioneers day and date rollers advance daily, but you set of similar grain-painted or decorated time-and-alarm clocks by Mr. the month by hand. The date will advance but Welton. As you can see, unfortunately there is no veneer and no the weekday roller needs the tension bar tight- grain painting on this clock. The columns and splat would also have ened to prevent roll-back. The roller papers been painted or bronzed; it appears the columns here were original- have been lacquered to prevent further degra- ly white based on the remaining paint. Both glasses are old and dation and are dark. There are two small nub- perhaps original, based on the putty; the tablet was repainted by bins missing from the bottom corners of the Tom Moberg. The wood dial appears original and is in pretty good case. Horton’s sold a very nice example in 2016 shape; the hands and the alarm ring also appear to be origi- for $1700; Schmitt’s sold one in 2018 for $1600. $1200-$1600. nal. There is a good label inside that matches labels found on other Welton miniature timepieces. The three sales on LiveAuctioneers 121. $1500 were in 2011 and all were for over $2000 (one sold at Tim’s Inc. Auc- Atkins “Parlor No. 1”, 1850-1858. The Parlor No. 1 uses a Joseph Ives tions for $6500), but all retained the distinctive grain painting char- Type III wagon spring mechanism; Atkins got into a dispute with acteristic of Welton’s early clocks. We’ll have to settle for less Ives and was prevented from using the “leaf spring” mechanism in here. $500-$750. 1858 and switched to fusee movements before going bankrupt in 1859. His subsequent firm (Atkins Clock Co.) was successful with 124. $500 the London model using standard 8 and occasionally 15-day spring John Kirk miniature time-piece with alarm, 1831-1833. A second min- movements. As is typical, there is no label; in iature column & splat time and alarm clock, 22 inches tall in good this case it may be because the backboard original condition. John Kirk was the brother of Charles Kirke, who appears to have been replaced. The case gained greater success in clockmaking; John stands 17.5 inches tall and has been cleaned appears to have made clocks for only two nicely to show off the rosewood veneer. The years. The mahogany veneer has had a few dial glass is original with some losses, the repairs but is in good, slightly dirty condition; lower door mirror is old but not origi- the splat is original, the columns may have nal. Both door handles are ivory, the painted been repainted. Both glasses are period, but metal dial is old and original to this clock, and the putty makes me think they are replace- the hands are likely original. The 30-day, ments. I like the guy riding the horse in the round time-only movement is unique to tablet. The wooden dial is very nice, one of the Irenus Atkins. It is running without prob- better-preserved ones you will find; the hands lem. AAC sold one last summer for $1977. $1600-$2000. are period. The wooden movement is not running; there is one 30-hour weight for the 122. $1000 time side, the alarm side probably uses a 30- Atkins Clock Co. “London” ca. 1859-1879. hour weight as well. No pendulum bob. A good but rather unin- While most examples of this model contain a formative label inside. I cannot find any sales records for John Kirk. standard 8-day spring-driven time-and-strike $500-$1000. movement, a few were made with wagon spring or fusee movements; this one contains 125. $500 a fusee movement that runs for 30 days. The Jeromes’ & Darrow miniature time-piece with rosewood veneer case is in great shape but a alarm, 1828-1833. A third miniature column & bit grungy and would benefit from a thor- splat time and alarm clock, 23 inches tall in ough cleaning. The dial glass retains most of good condition. I can find no other examples the dial surround, the center mirror is old, of a miniature time and alarm clock from this but I don’t know if it is original; the zinc dial trio, but clearly they made one here. The has been repainted. The fusee movement has two thick brass glasses are old but the putty is newer, and I’m plates and attached fusee/springs below it, and matches one sold a little skeptical of the age of the dial glass. by R.O. Schmitt’s. The pendulum stick is wood. The clock is running The tablet is typical for Darrow and shows and striking on the hours on the brass bell. There is a good green some flaking. I am also skeptical of the carved label inside. I found two sales of a London fusee, both in 2016: Cot- columns, very atypical for this period, but I tone’s for $1500, R.O. Schmitt’s for $1200. $1000-$1500. don’t see any evidence of them having been replaced; I would ex-

18 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures pect to see a carved splat with turned columns. The painted wood- ning without issue. $500-$1000. en dial board shows some stretch marks and soiling. The alarm ring is unusual and the hands are old but again not typical of the period. 131. $400 The wooden movement is interesting because the alarm is on the Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No. 1”, ca. 1863. right side, and the movement sits off-center in the case. There are This is the early version of this model; a later ver- no weights with this clock, but the alarm weight channel indicates sion had larger dials and lacked the decorative that the alarm weight is a typical smaller weight, while the time center panel (Ly, Calendar Clocks page 258). The weight may be a 30-hour, possibly groaner style (square). I did not 33-inch case is veneered in rosewood with very test the clock; it also lacks a pendulum bob. While this clock may little chipping; I suspect some of it has been re- have some faults, it is certainly notable for its rarity from these well- veneered. Both glasses are likely original, and the known makers. $500-$1000. upper dial is likely original, with the original paint (now chipping). The lower dial has been repaint- 126. $250 ed. There is a good black and gold label on the Boston area production banjo, ca. 1850. A 29-inch door. The signed ST 8-day, weight-driven, time- grain-painted case in the style of the Howard No. 5 and-strike movement is running but the strike is very sticky, proba- banjo. The glasses are old, the painted glasses poorly bly due to not having been used. The weights are not correct and touched up such that the gold lines are uneven. The larger, 8-lb weights would ensure more reliable service – see the dial is old paint, flaking a bit and unsigned, as is the weights on #132. The calendar is advancing. This early model is not standard 8-day, time-only banjo movement. The lead common; the most recent sale I can find was at Schmidt’s Antiques weight is atypical, the weight shield is missing and for $550 in 2018. $450-$600. there is no label. $250-$500. 132. $200 127. $250 Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No. 1”, ca. 1863. A second example of E. Howard & Co. “No. 5 Banjo”, ca. 1880’s. A relatively this uncommon calendar clock, this one in unrestored condition. new mahogany case holding a signed E. Howard The veneer is flaking badly on the top and at the bottom. The finish movement with steel plates. The glasses are newer is, well, filthy. A serious cleaning is needed. Both glasses are origi- as well; the pendulum bob is Howard issue and dama- nal, as are the dials. They have been touched up scened. There is an old iron weight with the number 5 repeatedly, you’ve got to admire someone’s imprinted, and an old dial that has been repainted. It efforts to save these dials. The hands are correct. is running nicely. $250-$500. The clock evidently served a business, as indicated by the “Allison & Bedford” imprint on the decora- 128. $250 tive middle panel. In contrast to the case, the ST A. Howard “No. 5 Banjo”, ca. 1880’s. weight-driven lyre movement is bright and shiny Albert Howard was Edward Howard’s brother and ran and running like a champ, but the strike doesn’t E. Howard & Co. 1881-1893. Movements signed “A know when to stop and will need attention. The Howard” are occasionally found in Howard clocks. calendar date hand advances but the day of the While the movement is period, the 28.5-inch walnut week is not advancing and will need adjustment. case is of modern construction and unsigned. The Note that the weights are correct on this clock. glasses are newer as well, as is the dial. Although this Good black and gold label on the door. If you like ‘em in original clock does not come with a weight, I hung a banjo condition this one is for you. $200-$400. weight (#900 in Parts) and it ran fine. The pendulum stick has been repaired and the bob is very tarnished. 133. $3000 Add a banjo weight and this would be an attractive Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No. 10”, 1885. A example at a good price. $250-$500. most impressive shelf calendar, 36 inches tall in burled walnut with a perfect finish. The top 129. $250 piece appears to be an accurate replica, the only Elgin Craft No. 5 banjo, ca. 1980? A new 29-inch wal- fault here. I believe both glasses are original, nut case with a reproduction movement made by the dials repainted in the proper format, the Elgin Craft in the USA. Everything appears to have hands correct. The 8-day time-and-strike move- been produced in the last 50 years. It is running relia- ment is signed and running, striking on a cathe- bly. $250-$500. dral gong; the calendar is advancing with au- thority. The weights are correct. This clock 130. $500 leans backwards slightly but it is not a serious E. Howard “No. 5 Banjo”, ca. 1885. Like Diogenes problem; there is some flexion where the case inserts into the base. searching for an honest man, I’ve been A good black and gold label on the door, the date of manufacture looking through this group of banjos for an honest E. faintly stamped on the back. Fontaine’s sold a Howard – and I think I’ve found one. This No. 5 is all very similar example in 2018 for $3250. $3000- original except for the repainted dial and the replaced $5000. bottom board, no doubt due to a weight fall. The grain painting on the case is strong, the glasses origi- 134. $500 nal but flaking in the black background rather badly. Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar”, ca. 1863. One of The brass movement is signed, the weight is num- Seth Thomas’s earliest shelf calendar models, this bered 5, and the pendulum and stick are Howard is- one made prior to 1865 as judged by the Plymouth sue. Even the weight shield looks original. It is run- Hollow label and stamp on the movement. There

19 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures are many places where the rosewood veneer is lost, reglued, or the Verdi, this one made by the Welch Mfg. Company after they repaired on this angled 30.5-inch case. Both glasses are old, the bought out Welch, Spring & Co. in 1884 (Welch, Spring & Co. was an center tablet is as shown in the catalog illustration and is on old offshoot of Welch Mfg. Co. making a premium line of clocks, includ- glass. The painted metal dials are certainly original and have been ing Gale calendar clocks). The rosewood veneer on this example is touched up extensively; the hands are correct. There is a card label outstanding, with a clear finish. The dial glass is on the back of the door with instructions to set up and run and a new and the dial has been repainted, the lower very nice and complete label on the back wall. The movement is glass is old and the “Regulator” decal an improper running and striking on the wire gong, driven by two large iron addition that can easily be removed with a razor weights; the calendar weekday roller is advancing but the date hand blade. The hands are correct and include a sec- needs adjustment. All in all, this is a pretty good example. Horton’s onds hand. The 8-day, time-and-strike movement sold one in 2018 for $750. $500-$750. is unsigned but correct to this model; it was de- signed by B.B. Lewis for Welch and is highly re- 135. $300 garded (see Ly, Welch Clocks, Second Edition, Seth Thomas “Parlor Calendar No. 3”, 1878. Per- page 284). It strikes the hours on a cathedral haps the most common of the parlor calendars, gong and the half-hours on a brass bell. There is a this model is only 27 inches tall in a walnut veneer Verdi label on the back. $100-$175. and is spring-driven. The veneer on this case is very good but not perfect, with considerable chip- 140. $100 ping on the rounded surfaces including the bezels E. Ingraham & Co. “Antwerp”, ca. 1911. A solid oak and curved top. The glasses are old and the paint- “Mission-style” clock with a “Mission Finish”, 32 inch- ed dials are chipping. The hands are correct. The es long, shown on page 320 of Ly’s book on Ingra- white instruction label on the back of the door ham clocks. It has that interesting swirl-pattern shows that this clock was completed in late 1878. green glass behind the grid with gold-painted num- The signed 8-day, time-and-strike movement is running and striking bers and brass hands. The movement is time only, 8 on a brass bell, and the calendar is advancing. Horton’s sold one in days, and is running; the pendulum has a fancy Ingra- 2017 for $350. $300-$450. ham bob. There is a complete label on the back. No recent sales records, but as we know, this style of 136. $100 furniture is staging a modest comeback in popularity. Seth Thomas “Office No. 1”, ca. 1879. A 25-inch case $100-$200. with good rosewood veneer, both glasses original with the tablet retaining both the gilt and black 141. $350 background. The metal dial is flaking and has been D. J. Gale “Gale Drop Calendar No. 3”. This clock is a marriage, a touched up; the hands are correct. The signed time- modern case made in China and imported by the Classical Clock only movement, 8 days, will only run for a minute Company of California and an early No. 3 Gale with an uneven beat. A good label inside. Horton’s movement. The case is veneered in walnut, the sold one in 2019 for $150. $100-$150. glasses are of course new, and the lower glass tablet is correct for this model. The dial is paper 137. $100 (as was the case with the original model) and the Welch, Spring & Co. “Round Top Drop”, ca. 1874. A hands are correct. The movement is signed E. N. 25.5-inch case veneered in rosewood with a grain- Welch (this clock was marketed by Welch, Spring painted bezel, two original glasses with a good tab- & Co.) and is correct to the No. 3 model, along let. The dial was repainted long ago, the hands are with the pendulum stick and bob. There is black proper replacements. The unsigned ladder-style foam on the back wall (this model originally had movement is time only, 8 days, and is running black felt inside on the back) and there is a repro- strongly. There is a good but dark label inside. A duction label on the bottom of the case. The nice example of this model. RO Schmitt’s sold one clock is running, striking a wire gong on the hours, and the calen- in 2018 for $100. $100-$200. dars are advancing. For reference see Ly, Calendar Clocks, pages 48- 58; R.O. Schmitt’s sold a similar example (marriage) in 2011 for $1100. 138. $100 $350-$1000. Welch, Spring & Co. “Verdi”, ca. 1878. A 31-inch case veneered in rosewood with a clean finish and no chips. Both 142. $350 glasses are period, the painted 12-inch dial in good Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 4”, ca. 1875. A condition with some fading and markings, but possi- 27.5-inch case veneered in rosewood with a bit of bly original. The 8-day time-and-strike movement chipping on the upper bezel, as you might expect. with seconds hand is unsigned, running with some The glasses are old, the dials are old repaints I trepidation, and striking on a wire gong. There is a think, with a bit of chipping and slight discolora- black label inside. A nice example of this early Verdi tion. The hands are correct. The 8-day time-only (Welch continued to make this model under the movement is signed and running, as clean as a E.N. Welch Mfg Co. label at least until 1889). Hor- whistle, and the calendar is advancing. A nice label ton’s sold one with a paper dial in 2019 for $140. on the back of the door. Horton’s sold one in 2019 $100-$150. for $375, and a nicer one in 2018 for $465. $375- $450. 139. $100 E. N. Welch Mfg. Co. “Verdi”, ca. 1889. A second, later version of

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143. $300 striking a wire gong without issue. There is a typical label on the Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 4”, ca. 1863. A back of the door. $100-$200. second example of this popular wall calendar clock, possibly a bit earlier than #142. Again the 147. $200 rosewood veneer is very good with no chipping New Haven Clock Co. “Ganges”, ca. 1881. The evident and all the buttons present. The glasses NHCC made two weight-driven shelf clocks, the are old but both dial pans are twentieth century Ganges and the Indus, and claimed that they galvanized steel and aluminum replacements. The were the smallest weight clocks made, probably upper dial has some black paint speckling that can true at the time of manufacture; they are both be seen on a close look. The hands are correct. one-day clocks. This Ganges is 23.5 inches tall, in The 8-day time-only movement is signed, correct to this model, and walnut with a good finish. The polychrome door running and the calendar is advancing. A black label on the door. glass is original and in good shape; the dial has a $300-$425. paper replacement and the dial board is broken and missing a center section. Fortunately, the 144. $450 loss is not apparent when the door is closed. Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 7”, ca. 1884. The pendulum is New Haven issue, but a round bob is shown in the Office Calendar No. 7 is hard to distinguish from catalog illustration. The 1-day, time-and-strike movement is not the larger No. 6; the No. 7 has smaller dials and is signed, and has been repaired; it is running and striking on a nickel about 6 inches shorter. This 26.5-inch case is ve- bell, driven by two correct weights. There is also an alarm, untest- neered in walnut or mahogany with an old finish ed. Decent label on the back. These are not common clocks; Hor- and has a great patina. The glasses are old, the ton’s last sold one in 2016 for $250, and there are no more-recent dials repainted, the hands correct. The signed 8- sales on LiveAuctioneers. $200-$500. day time-only movement is running and the calen- dar is advancing. AAC sold one last January for 148. $150 $578. $450-$600. Seth Thomas “Arch Top”, ca. 1880. A 15.5-inch shelf clock with a beautiful mahogany or walnut 145. $300 veneer, with much of the veneer on the front E. Ingraham & Co. “Ionic Calendar”, ca. 1886. This is the later ver- showing a burled or flame mahogany grain pat- sion of the Ionic Calendar with two large dials; an earlier model had tern. These iconic clocks sold for over $600 a noticeably smaller calendar dial. The case is rosewood veneer but twenty years ago. The dial glass is old and the I believe the bezels were grain-painted to match. Both glasses are contoured metal dial holds very old if not the old, the dials the original paper and in rough shape. The time hands original paint; it has been touched up. The 8-day are correct, the calendar hands look like replace- time-and-strike movement is signed and run- ments. Both door hinges have been replaced. ning, striking on a wire gong. There is also an The 8-day time-and-strike movement is signed, alarm, not tested. There is a good Thomaston label inside. These running, and striking but is missing the wire clocks are lucky to bring $150-$250 today. gong and will need adjustment. The weekday calendar hand is advancing, catching sometimes 149. $100 on the hour hand; the date hand advances as Seth Thomas “Tudor No. 1”, ca. 1879. A classic Seth well, sometimes several days at a time – adjust- Thomas shelf clock, 15 inches tall with a perfect rose- ment needed, as it also stops the clock. The wood veneer. The glass is original, the dial pan new calendar movement is the B.B. Lewis Calendar galvanized steel, the hands Seth Thomas issue. The “Y” mechanism; Ly shows a “V” mechanism in 8-day time-and-strike Seth Thomas lyre movement is his presentation of this clock in Calendar Clocks, running and striking on a wire gong. Good label page 106. The “Y” calendar is the earlier of the inside, the key operates the door latch. $100-$150. two; here it is lacking its metal cover and label and has been re- placed on the lower door with a wooden cover. There should be a 150. $100 label inside, but it is gone. Schmidt’s Antiques sold a nice example Seth Thomas “Column”, ca. 1863. Another classic last fall for $475. $300-$450. Seth Thomas clock, the miniature Column, 16 inches tall in walnut veneer with no significant losses. The 146. $100 columns have been repainted, the dial glass is old, Jerome & Co. cottage, ca. 1860. A 16-inch cottage shelf clock in the middle glass a modern replacement. The con- walnut, again with the black or ebonized trim toured dial is repainted and touched up, the minute edges. Two black gutta percha inserts with gold hand is a proper replacement. The signed 8-day, trim, and an oval picnic landscape painting in the time-and-strike movement is running and striking on a wire gong. tablet. The gutta percha is cracked and separated An acceptable label inside. Iconic. $100-$200. at the top and bottom of the tablet insert. What is gutta percha? This 19th-century natural thermo- 151. $1800 plastic is derived from the latex sap of Unknown maker miniature pillar & scroll, ca. 1825? the Palaquium gutta tree from Malaysia and A diminutive mahogany case, 24 inches tall with had many uses, in addition to being formed into the small center brass urn finial. Good veneer with decorative inserts in Jerome & Co. clocks. The some splitting on the door. Dial glass appears to metal dial was repainted by The Dial House, the door glasses are be a replacement, the lower glass is old and may old. The 8-day time-and-strike movement is unsigned, running and have been out of the door to be repainted; both

21 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures are held in place with glazer’s points. The dial is iron with original original, with period hands. The 30-hour, time-only brass movement paint in good condition, the hands period. The unsigned brass, solid is not signed. It is running without problem. Three of the sales that plate movement is time-and-strike with a rack and snail strike mech- I could find were in 2016 for $1400, $800, and $2300. $800-$1600. anism; the weight cords are missing and so are the weights, so I can’t tell you if it runs or for how long. No label and no evidence of 156. $200 a label. This clock last sold at Cottone’s in 2019 for $2400. $2000- Ansonia Clock Co. “La Mancha”, ca. 1904. A 13.5-inch porcelain $2400. (Royal Bonn) clock in cream with purple and yellow pansies on the front and additional flow- 152. $400 ers on the sides. No chips or cracks, minor craz- Smith & Goodrich box clock, 1847-1852. Smith and ing, some loss to the gold highlighting. Beveled Goodrich had previously worked with JC Brown glass in a fancy bezel, porcelain dial with some before setting up their own company; they made yellowing but no hairlines. Visible escapement mostly box clocks like this and steeples, many with with steel pallets; signed 8-day, time and half- fusee movements as found here. The simple case hour strike movement is running and striking. is 16.5 inches tall with mahogany veneer. The two $200-$400. glasses are original with great color and a Fenn pattern on the bottom; the metal dial is signed and 157. $100 may have the original paint. The 30-hour fusee Ansonia Clock Co. unidentified model, ca. 1904. movement is unsigned, running vigorously and striking, furiously, on An 11.5 by 12.5-inch porcelain clock in white with a brass bell. A good label inside. These small and attractive clocks tan flowers and green trim. I cannot find a mod- have held their value over recent years; I found a sale in 2016 at el that matches this in Ly’s book on Ansonia Cottones for $475. $400-700. clocks, and there is no name or Royal Bonn stamp on the back. The movement is Ansonia. 153. $500 No chips or cracks but considerable crazing. J.C. Brown iron-front, 1853-1856. A magnifi- Beveled glass in a fancy bezel, porcelain dial with cent iron-front, 22.5 inches tall, with bright significant repairs at the 8 and 4. Visible escapement with steel gilding and coloring throughout and with MOP pallets; signed 8-day, time and half-hour strike movement is running adorning the flowers in the middle. The dial is and striking. $100-$250. probably an old repaint with a bit of alliga- toring of a subsequent clear coat. The hands 158. $150 are correct. The 8-day, time-and-strike move- Ansonia Clock Co. “La Cannes”, ca. 1904. A 12.5- ment is signed “J.C. Brown, Forestville CT inch porcelain (Royal Bonn) clock in New Arts U.S.A.” and is running and striking on a wire Tint Green with purple and pink irises on the gong. There is no label. This clock last sold at front. No chips or cracks, no crazing, little to no Schmitt-Horan in 2019 for $950. $600-$900. loss to the gold highlighting. Beveled glass in a fancy bezel, perfect porcelain dial with the Anso- 154. $250 nia logo. Visible escapement with steel pallets; Unknown maker shelf clock, ca. ? This 19-inch signed 8-day, time and half-hour strike move- case has a great burl veneer on the front that ment is running and striking. $150-$275. may be at least a partial replacement, as there is barely a nick to be found. Both glasses are 159. $100 old and the dial glass appears to be original Ansonia Clock Co. “La Capelle”, ca. 1895. A 14.5-inch and is puttied in. The lower Fenn decoration is porcelain (Royal Bonn) clock in cream with blue, a replacement. The dial board is wood, old, rose, and yellow zinnias on the front and additional and has some losses at the 3. The hands are flowers on the sides. No chips or cracks, no crazing, old as well, but the movement appears not to but some yellowing/discoloration, with some loss to be; I suspect it is a modern replacement and is signed “No. 3417”. It the gold highlighting. Beveled glass in a plain bezel has an unusual rack strike mechanism and is connected to two re- with a flat, decorated porcelain dial with the Ansonia mote fusees that are brightly polished, as is the old pendulum bob. logo. The round, signed, 8-day time and half-hour There is no label, although it appears that there was one on the strike movement does not want to run but will back wall at one time. I’m at a loss as to who might have made this strike. $100-$250. clock, but it is quite handsome. $250-$500. 160. $200 155. $800 Ansonia Clock Co. “La Nord”, ca. 1904. An 11.5-inch porcelain (Royal Chauncey Jerome miniature keyhole wall clock, ca. Bonn) clock in white with light blue accents and 1841-1845. Chauncey Jerome made these clocks pink, rose, and yellow flowers on the front and under his own name, likely when he had clock fac- additional flowers on the sides. No chips or tories in Bristol and New Haven; most have a New cracks, minor crazing, light loss to the gold high- Haven label. Unfortunately, this one has no label at lighting. A beveled glass in a fancy bezel, and a all. The case is 16 inches tall, grain-painted to re- perfect porcelain dial with the Ansonia logo. semble rosewood. Both glasses are old, the tablet Visible escapement with steel pallets; signed 8- original and this is the only example (of the four day, time and half-hour strike movement will run with coaxing. One others that I can find) that has a floral image rather of the more popular Ansonia porcelain models. $200-$400. than a gilt decoration. The painted dial is also likely

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161. $100 The unsigned 8-day, time and half-hour strike movement will run Ansonia Clock Co. “Winner”, ca. 1901. An 11-inch with coaxing, striking a nickel bell on the half-hour and a cathedral porcelain clock in light blue with cobalt blue ac- gong on the hour. $100-$200. cents and gilt highlights, with pink flowers across the front and additional flowers on the sides. No 166. $2500 chips or cracks, light crazing, light loss to the gold S.B. Terry tandem-wind steeple, 1845-1848. It’s highlighting. A beveled glass in a French sash, very easy to miss the significance of this rather and a flat porcelain dial with the Ansonia logo. ordinary-looking steeple. It has a well-preserved The signed 8-day, time and half-hour strike movement is running Fenn tablet and a wooden dial, with only a single and striking. Cobalt blue was the most popular color not too long winding arbor; however, it has a wire gong strike ago. $150-$250. attached to the movement. Time and strike and only one winding arbor? Silas Burnham Terry, the 162. $100 master of unusual movements, utilized a tandem- Ansonia Clock Co. unidentified model, ca. 1904. A 12-inch porcelain wind movement to drive both trains, winding to clock with a blue delft pattern on the front and sides and an image the right for the time train and winding to the left of a Dutch windmill below the dial. I cannot find this model in Ly’s for the strike chain. The double-spring is cen- book on Ansonia clocks. What does that mean? tered in the movement and housed in a brass It is not uncommon for clocks from prolific mak- case; it is running and striking on the hours. I can find only one oth- ers like Ansonia to be missed because they did- er example of this model, offered by R.O. Schmitt in 2011, but un- n’t get listed in a catalog, or they were only sold. The expected price range, $4000-$6000, was not reached. offered for a short while. It is also common for The 30-hour movement is not signed, and if Terry put a label on the owners to replace a movement with a move- inside back it has been overpasted by the J.J. & W. Beals resellers ment from another clock maker to restore func- label; the Beals were clock dealers in Boston in the mid-1800’s, buy- tion or increase value. These marriages are par- ing from many Connecticut manufacturers. The case is veneered in ticularly easy with porcelain clocks. Whatever figured mahogany, there are four steeple cones, and both glasses the story is here, it is a lovely clock; there are no are period/original. As noted, the dial is wooden with period hands. chips or cracks to the finish and no crazing. There is a beveled glass A very rare clock. $2500-$5000. in a standard bezel and a flawless porcelain dial with the Ansonia logo. The visible escapement has steel pallets; the signed 8-day, 167. $150 time and half-hour strike movement is running and striking without Chauncey Jerome fusee steeple, 1845-1855. A issue. $100-$250. beautiful 20-inch steeple in walnut with great ve- neer on the front. Both glasses are period/original 163. $200 with the tablet in very good shape. The painted Ansonia Clock Co. “La Vera”, ca. 1901. A 12.5 dial has been touched up, the hands period but the -inch porcelain (Royal Bonn) clock in Rich minute hand likely a replacement. The 30-hour Color Ruby (or rose) with yellow daisies on time-and-strike double-fusee movement is signed the front and additional flowers on the and running, striking on a wire gong. There is a sides. No chips or cracks, no crazing, but dark green label inside with some losses. Jerome some loss to the gold highlighting. Beveled fusee steeples typically sell for $200-$300. glass in an fancy bright sash; the dial has one faint hairline between the 7 and 8, and 168. $100 the Ansonia logo. The visible escapement has steel pallets; the Wm. L. Gilbert & Co. steeple, 1851-1866. A 20-inch signed 8-day, time and half-hour strike movement is running and steeple veneered very nicely in rosewood with two striking without issue. $200-$350. period/original glasses, the tablet being an out- standing decal image of a beehive. The metal dial 164. $50 may hold the original paint, the minute hand a re- Ansonia Clock Co. “Tram”, ca. 1901. A 10.5-inch placement. The 8-day time-and-strike movement is porcelain clock in apple green with pink flow- unsigned; it is running and striking on a wire gong ers across the front and additional flowers on as expected. A good label inside. Collectable for the sides. No chips or cracks, very light craz- the great tablet. $100-$200. ing, but noticeable loss to the gold highlight- ing. A flat glass in a plain sash that may be a 169. $100 replacement, and a paper dial with the Anso- Terry & Andrews gilt cottage, 1842-1850. Bristol’s largest manufac- nia logo. The signed 8-day, time and half-hour turer of clocks in this period, making 30,000-40,000 clocks per year. strike movement is running and striking. This clock is not listed in This 15.5-inch tall case in rosewood veneer was Ly’s book on Ansonia clocks. $100-$200. used by a variety of makers including J.C. Brown, also in Bristol. Much of the gilt case decoration 165. $100 has worn off and the dial surround and lower Wm. Gilbert Clock Co. “No. 427”, ca. 1900. A 10.5- tablet show considerable losses. The painted dial inch porcelain clock in white with cobalt blue high- is likely original; the hands period, with the mi- lights and pink flowers on the front and sides. No nute hand taped together. The 8-day time-and- chips or cracks, moderate crazing, but little loss to strike movement is signed and running but the the gold highlighting. A convex glass in a French strike is sticking. Note the brass springs. There is sash and a paper dial surrounding a gilt center. a good label inside. $100-$250.

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170. $100 174. $100 Welch, Spring & Co. “Italian No. 1”, 1868-1884. A 19- German shelf alarm clock, ca. 1880. A 14-inch tall walnut case with inch case in rosewood veneer in excellent condition. an old finish. A flat glass in the door over a silvered dial with an The glasses are both original, with good retention of alarm ring in the middle that you turn to set. The alarm strikes on the gilt star tablet. The dial is painted, probably two nickel bells above the movement; an arm on original, the hands likely appropriate replacements. the right side turns the alarm on and off; when it is The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is signed “E.N. off the window in the dial shows ‘silent’. The 8-day Welch Forestville”; it is running and striking on a movement is unsigned; it is running but I did not wire gong. The alarm is hooked up but not tested; it test the alarm. There are three openings in the strikes on a small iron bell. There is a good label behind plastic in- dial, but the center bottom opening does not seem side. A nice example. $100-$200. to be used on this clock. I don’t believe I’ve seen a German shelf alarm before. $100-$200. 171. $350 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “Granger”, 1885-1902. A 25-inch walnut 175. $100 case with a clean finish; the glass is modern, the one-piece paper- French wood portico, ca. 1880. A 19-inch portico clock in a mahoga- over-metal dial board is original and in good shape. ny case with satinwood inlays on the crest, top, The hands are correct. The base and crown of this floor, and base. It sits on a 2.5-inch mahogany base, clock are not correct – there should be a 2-inch also with satinwood inlay, and that will hold a square base with canted corners, and the top should also glass dome (not included). There are ebony twisted have canted (angled) corners. I can’t find any oth- barley columns on brass plinths with brass capitals, er example with these changes; although the an ornate gilded dial surround and a very poor “National” (#58) has square corners, the base is porcelain dial with numerous cracks and chips. Time different from this one. The 8-day, time and half- for a replacement there. The pierced hands are nice. hour strike movement was made by Welch for The pendule de Paris 8-day, time-and-strike move- ICCC and is so stamped; it is running and striking ment runs but is out of plumb. The pendulum bob is on the hours and half-hours as expected, and the dull but fancy. In fact, the entire clock needs a good calendar is advancing. The original nickel pendu- cleaning and waxing. $100-$200. lum bob and hanger is missing and the replacement is quite wrong, and I don’t believe the clock will keep time correctly; a simple bob 176. $750 on a short hanger would place the bob in the window in the calen- Howard & Davis “No. 3 Regulator”, ca. 1858. A 38-inch banjo with a dar dial. There is no label. $350-$500. rich mahogany stain, all that’s left of the original rosewood grain- ing. All three glasses are modern and the throat and 172. $400 tablet repainted. An old paper dial, signed, is likely a E.N. Welch “Arditi”, ca. 1889. This Welch calen- replacement for the original paper dial; the minute dar uses a Daniel Gale calendar mechanism. The hand is a replacement (both may be). The 8-day 27.5-inch black walnut case has a clean finish and unsigned movement is running and as you can see it is all original; the door glass is old, the time dial has been rebushed. The iron weight is correct and has been repainted, the calendar dial is paper, numbered “3”. The pendulum stick repainted, it may with subdials for the day of the week and month. or may not be original, but the hardware with it Both dials are in good condition and all hands are is. The bob is correct and there is a working tie- correct. The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is down and crank. The tolerances are close on this signed and running and the calendar is advanc- clock; to get it running reliably takes some fiddling ing. The calendar movement is signed Gale with to get everything “just right”. On the other hand, it an 1885 patent date. Several well-preserved is not too big and not too small, just right. $800- labels on the back and an instruction label inside. This is a nice ex- $1200. ample of this popular calendar clock. AAC sold one last summer for $450. $400-$500. 177. $300 New Haven Clock Co. “Trojan”, ca. 1911. A 44-inch 173. $750 solid oak case with applied carvings and old glass in English (?) shelf/bracket clock, ca. 1880? I’ve got the door, two side glasses, a newer signed paper dial, very little to go on with this lovely clock. The ma- and an 8-day time-and-strike unsigned movement. hogany-veneered case is 21.5 inches tall with the The strike is on a cathedral gong and it is running and brass top finial. There is a blond wood inlay on the striking on the hours and keeping time. The pendu- front with draperies across the top; the veneer is lum stick is a replacement and possibly also the bob, cracked at the center top. The dial glass is convex and the hands are mismatched replacements. No and old; the dial silvered with little discoloration. label, but it looks like there once was one on the There are four brass feet. The movement is un- back. This is an uncommon model and I can find only signed and does not appear to be fusee, but I did one sale, in 2004, for $350. $300-$600. not pull it from the case. It strikes Westminster chimes on four cathedral gongs and the hour on a 178. $2500 fifth gong. There is repeater function as well. Running and striking Ansonia Clock Co. “Antique Hanging”, ca. 1904. Perhaps Ansonia’s with a rich deep sound. $800-$1200. most fabulously decorated large clock, the Antique Hanging is 47 inches tall, this one in fumed oak with a smokey look. The brass is all original and hasn’t been polished or refinished; all the pieces are

24 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures there. The brass repoussé dial has white porce- cleaning and oiling. It will strike on the bell on the hour. The lain cartouche numbers; I did not remove it be- weights are not proper Morbier weights. Nice pierced hands. $150- cause it is held in with round-head tacks. The $250. spiral brass weights are original. The previous owner tells me the pendulum bob and stick are 182. $450 reproductions, but I can’t tell, as the bob is an Gustav Becker Grand Sonnerie, ca. 1875. A 50-inch exact replica of the original metal bob. The 8-day, walnut, 3-weight wall clock with brass ornaments. time-and-strike movement is running easily and An outer porcelain dial with an enameled inner dial, striking on the hours and half-hours. This is easily slightly different in color, with pierced hands. Three the nicest Antique Hanging I have seen. The low- brass weights and a large brass pendulum, newer est price I can find on LiveAuctioneers for this glasses top and bottom. The movement is signed model is $2400 in 2015; the most recent sale was Gustav Becker and strikes on two wire gongs; it is at Schmidt’s Antiques in 2018 for $3250. $2500- running and striking reliably, but the gong strikes $4500. need adjustment. This model is shown in Ly’s book, Gustav Becker Clocks, on page 104, including the 179. $1200 movement. A nice example. $500-$750. Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 30”, ca. 1909. This clock originally started out as a Self-winding 183. $1000 (electric) clock; it has been converted back to the Black Forest musical cuckoo, ca. 1900. A large mechanical version with a Regulator No. 2 un- (30-inch tall) intricately carved cuckoo that plays signed movement, as was originally used in this on the on the hours and half-hours. There is a model. The dial board was replaced in the pro- cuckoo in the right door and a seated man in the cess. The 48-inch case is cherry and has been re- left door, with the bird calling followed by the finished nicely; the door glass is old, the 12-inch man playing a folk song. Note the carved bird dial was repainted by The Dial House in 2017, the on the top, the two birds on the sides, and the hands are correct, as are the weight and pendu- two birds in the nest at the bottom. The num- lum. There is no label; there are several filled holes bers on the dial and the hands are bone/ivory; I in the backboard near the bob, and the dial slips a think both hands have been repaired. The 1-day bit in the bezel to rub against the seconds bit. movement is brass and unsigned. It is running Shouldn’t be hard to fix, and absent that small issue the clock is and playing without problem. $1000-$1500. running without problem. Schmitt’s sold two examples in oak in 2018 for $1400 and $1100. $1200-$1500. 184. $250 Thomas Bostock bracket timepiece, ca. 1840’s. 180. $2000 An 18-inch tall bracket timepiece in walnut ve- Baird Clock Co. two-faced cigar advertiser, 1889-1896. A very unusu- neer with applied carvings on the front. There al clock; I found one other example discussed briefly in an NAWCC are some filled cracks to the veneer on the top forum, but no sales records. The oak case is 31 inches long with an and front below the dial. The 8-inch painted met- old refinish; the two newly made copper covers al dial is signed “BOSTOCK, Sandbach”; Bostock add 11 inches to its overall length and allow it to was a watch and clockmaker in the first half of th be mounted from a wall. The bottom or both the 19 century in Sandbach, a town north of pieces can be removed (2 small screws and wall Birmingham in England. There is a flat glass in mount fasteners on the bottom) to allow it to the bezel and two side glasses, as well as a glass on the back door. be displayed on a counter or, one-sided, on a A key unlatches the bezel. The thick plate brass fusee movement is shelf or wall. A wrought iron wall mount with unsigned; it is running like a champ. $250-$500. lag screws is included; it slides into slots in the copper covers at the top and bottom of the 185. $250 clock. I believe all six glasses are old and but the Gebruder Resch Remember 3-weight Vienna, ca. advertising tablets may have been repainted. 1885. A 45-inch walnut case with burled inlays on the Both dial pans look like replacements, with new- backwall, base, and bottoms of the columns. The er matte paper dials that state “Leased from peaked crest is original. All the glasses are new, held Baird Clock Co. Plattsburgh, N.Y.” The spring-driven movement is in place with glazer’s points. The Grand Sonnerie signed Baird Clock Co. with the Seth Thomas logo; I movement is signed “Remember” and the serial believe it is a 15-day double-wind (time only). It is run- number stamped in the backplate matches the num- ning and both clock faces are keeping the same time. ber stamped into the pendulum stick. There are There is a door in the bottom front of the clock that three smaller weights and fancy pulleys. The clock is opens to access the pendulum. This is a very rare clock running and striking correctly. A nice that would look great in the right spot. $2500-$5000. example. $300-$500.

181. $150 186. $500 French Morbier wall clock, ca. 1880. A 61-inch gilded Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890. I believe brass repoussé hanging clock in the traditional French the veneer on the 36-inch case is walnut, although it is style. The porcelain dial is unsigned, the gilded brass in dark. There are four buttons on the base; the dial has need of polish, and some decay at the top of the pendu- been repainted, the hands are correct. Both glasses lum. I can’t keep it running but the movement needs are old. The #77B movement is signed and running,

25 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures the weight and pendulum bob are correct. No label seems to be the with a bit of artistic license on the calendar dial. With a slight adjust- only shortcoming. America’s favorite clock, as Carroll would say. ment to the positioning of the movement this will be an outstand- $500-$800. ing working example of this classic early Seth Thomas calendar clock. $1200-$1800. 187. $1000 Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 1”, ca. 1885. A 39 190. $500 -inch case with its original rosewood veneer, still in Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890-1920. An good shape minus a few chips. This is the later, oak and oak-veneer case in nice shape with a medi- single-OG model; see #189 for the earlier double-OG um-tone stain. No real issues with the veneer; the model. All glasses are old including the center ad- glasses are old, the dial likely original and very faded vertising glass, with the name of perhaps a jeweler in spots, but with little chipping. The 8-day time-only in Mt. Vernon OH. This glass was backed at one movement is unsigned, running nicely. The stick has time with a label glued onto the back of the door. been repaired at the top, the weight is a newer re- The calendar dial is original, with many chips placement I think. A black label on the inside bot- touched up, but it is still in remarkably good condi- tom. $500-$750. tion. The time dial has been repainted. The rectan- gular 8-day, time-only movement is not signed but is shown in Ly’s 191. $250 book Calendar Clocks on page 246, with minor differences. The pen- Jeromes’ & Darrow pillar & scroll, 1828-1833. dulum rod is typical for this model, and the bob is ST issue with faint This trio was not known for pillar & scroll clocks; damascening; the weight is correct. The R.T. Andrews calendar in fact, I can only find two listings in the Antique movement has been painted gold; the rollers hold what must be the Clocks Price Guide, both of which have the original papers. There is a “do not oil” label behind the calendar but “jester” scroll top. Interestingly, the scroll top the Seth Thomas label normally found in the middle of the door is on this clock looks like a very old replacement; gone with the window backing. The clock is running without prob- the scrolls do not curl backward, as is common, lem; the calendar date is advancing but the weekday roller mecha- and have not been repaired. Nonetheless, the nism needs attention. This is a very original example. This model urn finials are wood, as Jeromes’ and Darrow has been selling for $1200-$1800 recently. used on their other clocks; it is 30.5 inches tall to the top of the center finial. The mahogany ve- 188. $500 neer has some cracks and a significant loss at Seth Thomas “Regulator No. 2”, ca. 1890-1920. Cherry or mahoga- the lower left corner of the door; there is a makeshift handle in the ny? I struggled with that because the finish is dark and almost cer- ivory escutcheon. The dial glass is newer, the lower glass old but tainly original and very crusty, but I have settled on has been out of the door; the tablet was repainted by Mr. Moberg. mahogany. The temptation to thoroughly clean The dial board has some noticeable losses but is otherwise clean this 36-inch case will be strong but you should and bright; the hands are thick and hand-made. The 30-hour time- probably resist; original examples in this good a and-strike wooden movement is running and striking with authority. condition do not come along often. There is some There are two old weights and an old pendulum bob, and a good white paint spatter on the right side. Both glasses label inside. An uncommon clock from these well-known and im- are old, the dial is either an old repaint or perhaps portant makers. $250-$500. a 1920’s issue. The 8-day time-only movement is signed and running just fine; the pendulum stick, 192. $1500 bob, and weight all look original. A white ST label Unsigned box lyre banjo, ca. 1830. The “Elegant inside. Mahogany is only slightly more common Harp Pattern” (lyre) style was popular in the 1820’s that cherry for this model, and both are hard to and lead to the incorporation of this style into time- find. $500-$900. pieces, initially by John Sawin (Foley, Willard’s Pa- tent Time Pieces, 2002). The style had two forms: 189. $1000 the true lyre and the box lyre (as found here). The Seth Thomas “Office Calendar No. 1”, ca. 1864. This box lyre allowed the clockmaker to use a standard is the earlier model of the Office Calendar No. 1 banjo movement, and as a result, box lyres are more with the double-OG door (compare to #187). Note common. This lyre is 40 inches long from the top of that the black label on the back of the door states a the carved and gilded wooden eagle finial to the tip Plymouth Hollow address, the name used before of the base. All three glasses are old, the tablets 1865. The movement is the early ST calendar move- likely original and touched up in the backgrounds. ment, weight-driven, with the correct pendulum The throat tablet has the representative harp strings rod (see Ly, Calendar Clocks, page 245). The calen- and the lower tablet is a common design found in dar movement is the early Mix Brothers movement lyre clocks (see page 136 of Foley’s book for a similar example by that was used until about 1876, when the Andrews Noyes). The case is carved mahogany, the dial iron with the original calendar movement was adopted. The movement paint, I think; it is unsigned. Note the gold inner ring and the arrow is mounted slightly too far forward in the case and as a result the hands. The 8-day movement is unsigned, as is typical, with a key- pendulum rod makes a close fit with the calendar dial, rubbing stone pendulum and a straight-click pawl. There are two places against it unless the clock is hung “just so”. The movement runs where the cabinet maker marked the case with a ‘<’, one is on the without problem and the calendar is advancing. The rosewood box, the other is on the back of the throat piece. The weight is iron veneer on the case is almost certainly a professional replacement, and there is an old metal weight shield. The clock is running but as the original veneer on these double-OG’s rarely lasts this long; it stops occasionally. Prices for lyre clocks vary greatly depending on looks great. The glasses are old and the dials have been repainted, maker and appearance. $1500-$3000.

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193. $250 painted wood and may not be original to the clock; the door is Eli Terry & Sons pillar & scroll, 1823-1831. Eli Terry hinged at the top. The 8-day, time-only brass plate movement is invented and patented the pillar & scroll clock in driven by a single compounded weight and regulated by a heavy 1815 and by 1823 formed a business with his sons pendulum bob; it is running. There is a description of the clock on Eli Jr. and Henry; this is one of the many pillar & the inside of the waist door. A nice example. $1000-$2000. scroll clocks they produced over the next 8 years. It stands 31 inches tall with heavy brass 197. $400 urn finials on wooden sticks. The mahogany Killam & Co. weight-driven banjo, 1908-1930. A 33-inch veneer has been cleaned but not polished or mahogany banjo from an uncommon maker, working lacquered, the scroll top is original but the left out of Pawtucket, R.I. This clock was marketed by scroll has been repaired. Both glasses are origi- Tilden-Thurber Co., a department store chain in Provi- nal, the tablet with considerable losses and a less than professional dence. Both glasses were repainted by David Lima in touch-up. The wooden dial board is very faded, the hands likely 2014; the convex dial glass is original, as is the signed replacements. The 30-hour wooden movement will strike but not painted metal dial, with significant yellowing. The 8- run; there are two period or later weights and a later pendulum day banjo movement is signed and running, driven by bob. The deteriorating label is protected behind a sheet of plastic, a lead weight. The tie-down has lost the clip. No label and the back is covered with a sheet of copper. There inside or back. Similar Killam & Co. banjos have sold are two tin pulley covers. $250-$500. recently on LiveAuctioneers for $400- $500. And don’t forget that 23%-26% pre- 194. $400 mium that you won’t pay here. Waltham Clock Co. banjo, ca. 1930. A 40.5-inch weight-driven banjo in walnut with the original glass- 198. $250 es, dial, and brass eagle finial. The dial glass is con- Chelsea Clock Co. “Willard Clock” lever banjo, ca. 1931. vex, the tablets are unretouched. The 8-day move- This is the Three-Quarter size at 32 inches tip to tip, in a ment is unsigned but numbered 2524. The weight is non-strike version. The case is mahogany with Mt. lead behind a tin weight shield with a pendulum tie- Vernon glasses. The dial glass is convex over a silvered down. The clock is running. This clock is in like-new dial with slight wear. The lever movement is running condition, it must have been stored under a bed for right from the get-go, but I could not remove the dial to 60 years. $400-$800. photograph. Horton’s sold one in 2018 for $300, and it lacked the dial glass. $250-$400. 195. $1200 Seth Thomas off-center pillar & scroll, ca. 1825. An 199. $125 early edition of the pillar & scroll invented by Eli Terry, here made by Ingraham Clock Co. “Treasure” banjo, ca. 1934. A 39- his former employee Seth Thomas. It stands 29 inches tall with a inch dark mahogany banjo with an 8-day, spring-driven cleaned and polished mahogany case and ve- pendulum movement that strikes the hours and half- neer. Note the satinwood veneer on the scroll- hours on two chime rods in the throat. There are two top; the brass urns are the proper type and painted glasses (“The Hancock House”) and a silvered mount with steel posts. Remarkably, I see no dial with some wear. It is running but the strike needs repairs to the scrolls; however, I believe the some help. Horton’s sold one in 2018 for $175. $150- feet have been replaced, and both glasses are $200. modern with an unsigned tablet. There is a door lock and ivory escutcheon. The wooden 200. $600 dial is the proper ST type with a decoration Early American tall case clock. I believe this is an early below the mainstem; the dial shows wear and 8-day, time and strike brass plate movement brought fading. The pewter hands are hand-made. The over from England and matched to an American iron 4-wheel wood-strap movement is correct and dial, now mounted in a last-century cherry case. But I is running without issue, striking on an iron could be wrong. There are no labels, signatures, or bell. There are two proper lead weights com- associated information. The cherry case is in excel- pounded on four wooden pulleys (not all original) and a decent lent condition, standing 92 inches tall with the old orb label on the backboard. These clocks are not too uncommon and finials; the glass in the hood door is old. The painted this is one of the nicer ones I have seen, even with the dial has some craquelure but no chipping yet. The replaced glasses. This model generally sells for $1200- hands are American style. There are two large can $2000 when in good condition. weights with some age and an old pendulum bob. The clock is running and striking on the bell on top. 196. $900 The dial is quite nice. $600-$900. R.A. Braithwaite Scottish drum-head tall case, ca. 1830. A beautiful 81-inch mahogany case with a fine furniture 201. $125 finish, a crack or two but no loss of veneer, and a carved Unknown paper mâché shelf clock, ca. 1860. This scroll crest and shoulder. The waist door is bowed, the 14-inch wooden round-top paper mâché clock dial glass convex, the painted convex metal dial signed bears no label and the movement is unsigned. The R.A. Braithwaite, possibly a jeweler as I cannot find in- MOP and gilding are very good on the front and formation on Brathwaite as a clockmaker; it appears to there is gilt trim around the base. The painted have been repainted. The dial is stamped Finimore & metal dial sits behind a convex glass in a solid brass Sons on the back. The gold bezel inside the dial door is bezel with a push-button latch. The 8-day, time-

27 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures and-strike movement appears to be American, but it strikes on a less. $100-$200. mounted brass bell and overall reminds me of an English clock. There is paper behind the movement that looks like a label but not a 206. $150 trace of ink on it. It is running but the strike chain is stuck and will Sessions regulator calendar store clock, ca. 1908. The Sessions require attention. $125-$200. Clock Co. made several store clock models with very similar styles that I cannot differentiate (see 202. $150 Ly, Sessions Clocks, pages 70-72); this is one of American Clock Co. paper mâché shelf clock, 1850- them. It is 38.5 inches tall in refinished oak with a 1879. A 16.5-inch all wood paper mâché clock with dark walnut stain. Both glasses are replacements, extensive mother-of-pearl (MOP) chips and pieces the upper glass is old and repainted, the lower on the front. I can find only one missing chip of glass is new and not correct for a Sessions regula- MOP; the gold stenciling remains bright. The dial tor. The dial is new glossy paper on a tin dial pan, has been repainted, the hands correct to style but the hands also are not correct for Sessions. The the minute hand a bit too long. Both glasses are signed, 8-day, time-only calendar movement is old. The movement is unsigned, running 8 days running and the calendar advancing. Pendulum with time-and-strike on a wire gong. There are bob is proper. No label. A good-looking decorator remains of a label inside, enough to establish the clock. $175-$250. maker and location, No. 25 John St, NY. A very nice example. $150- $250. 207. $150 E. Ingraham “Western Union” store clock, ca. 203. $150 1911. A 36.5-inch oak store clock regulator, a bit Forestville Mfg. Co. Japanned paper mâché shelf beat up, with restorations. The case has been clock, 1842-1849. The 17-inch scroll-front case is in refinished but not completely cleaned. Both glass- excellent condition with the Japan-themed gilt/ es are newer, and the gold lettering and trim has polychrome scene on the front bright and clear. been touched up. The lower glass is in the Ingra- The dial was repainted by The Dial House and is ham style. The dial is new glossy paper with the signed J.C. Brown, the hands are appropriate; the Ingraham logo pasted on nicely; the dial ring has dial glass is modern, the porthole glass is old. The been painted gold. The hands are Ingraham. The 30-hour time-and-strike movement is signed 8-day, time-only, signed movement is running Forestville Mfg Co; it needs work, as the strike without problem. No label. $150-$250. spring does not wind and the time side does not run. No pendulum bob with this clock, but a very nice label inside. 208. $150 $150-$250. E. Ingraham “Western Union” calendar store clock, ca. 1907. A 36-inch oak store clock with a 204. $150 cherry stain giving it a very nice tone. Both glasses Brewster & Ingrahams iron front, 1843-1852. This are old, much of the dial surround paint has 17-inch clock is unusual in that it looks like the chipped off but could be easily replaced and is not front is paper mâché, particularly with the flat noticeable because the background is black. The edge on all the sides. The polychrome decora- lower glass is in the Ingraham style. The dial paper tions and image have lost some detail and color, is new, the time hands are new and correct to but the center image appears to be of a lake-front style, the calendar hand is slightly off. The signed or harbor town with a passenger steam train on time-only, 8-day movement is running efficiently the left. The dial glass is replaced, the dial new and the calendar is advancing. The pendulum bob paper, the hands also replacements. The 30-hour is correct, no label. This is a nice example. $250- ribbed B&I movement is signed, running strongly, and striking, but $400. there is no pendulum bob. Both springs are brass; there is no label, or evidence of a label. $150-$250. 209. $150 E. Ingraham “Northwestern” calendar store clock, 205. $100 ca. 1910. A 39-inch clean oak case with two origi- Chauncey Goodrich iron case MOP, 1852-? nal glasses and possibly the original signed paper Goodrich trained with Joseph Ives and worked dial in good aged condition. The hands also ap- with Birge and later Samuel Smith in Smith & pear original, as does the pendulum. There is a Goodrich; he worked on his own after 1852. There small candle-burn(?) on the lower is excellent retention of the gilt decorations and right. “Regulator” in gold lettering across the mother-of-pearl flowers on this 15-inch iron case; lower glass, in Ingraham-style lettering. A small note the small pieces of MOP along the top edge dark label on the back. The 8-day time-only, and borders on the base section. The painted dial signed movement is running and the calendar has been touched up but may otherwise be origi- advancing. All you could ask for. $250-$400. nal, with Goodrich’s signature and location (Forestville CT). There is no glass in the bezel and the minute hand 210. $300 is mismatched. The 30-hour brass movement is unsigned and dirty, Sauer’s Advertiser wall clock, 1994. A modern reissue of the original and the strike side spring has knocked a gear pinion out of place advertiser from the late 1800’s (see #68). The case is 42 inches long and will not wind tight – it will need work. The time side is working, in a mahogany finish that is like new. The dial is paper, the advertis- with coaxing. Unfortunately, no label. A nice example, nonethe- er glass is bright and colorful and a close replica of the original (see

28 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures the side-by-side comparison). The 8-day, time-only needs cleaning, the paper dial is badly yellowed, and movement is unsigned and modern; it is running the bezel and glass are missing. The lower glass re- without problem. There are some nice labels on the tains some of the red background and gilt design. back including a certificate (162/1000) signed in Janu- The movement is unsigned, 8 days time-and-strike, ary 1994. A great clock for the kitchen. A reissue and will not run for more than a minute or two. It sold on eBay in December for $305. $300-$500. strikes on a cathedral gong. There is no pendulum bob. There are surprisingly few religiously themed 211. $100 clocks. $50-$150. Ingraham “Mascot”, ca. 1890. This model is not shown in Ly’s book on Ingraham clocks but other 216. $50 examples have been found with a label; it matches Terry & Andrews “round gothic”, 1842-1850. A prolific the King model by Ansonia and others. This clock firm making up to 40,000 clocks per year at their does not have a label but the 8-day time and half- peak, before forming the Ansonia Clock Co. with An- hour strike movement is signed Ingraham. The 24- son Phelps. The round gothic, or “beehive” was a inch walnut case is clean and refinished in a light common model. The rosewood veneer is good but walnut color, with gold lion heads on the side dark, with one possible repair. The case is 19 inches mounts and a figurehead at the top. The gold- tall. Both glasses are old, the lower is cut glass. The stenciled door glass is a replacement, as is the paper dial is likely original, the hands period, and there is a dial. There is an alarm, untested; the clock strikes on nice and largely complete label on the back wall. The a cathedral gong. It is running without problem. A 8-day, time-and-strike movement is signed Terry & Andrews and nice example. $100-$200. runs reluctantly with coaxing. $75-$150.

212. $50 217. $100 Ansonia Clock Co. “Ranger”, ca. 1886. An uncom- Brewster & Ingrahams “round gothic”, 1843-1852. Contemporary mon shelf clock with no sales in the Antique Clocks with Terry & Andrews and also in Bristol, CT, and Price Guide. The 20-inch walnut or perhaps mahoga- with similar productivity. A 19-inch rosewood- ny case has an old finish and good patina; the door veneered case in very nice condition. The tablet is glass is original with a stenciled pattern. All the fini- period cut or polished glass, the dial glass a modern als are correct. The paper dial is a replacement with replacement. The painted metal dial is very old, the an alarm ring but the alarm mechanism has been hands period. The signed, 8-day time-and-strike removed. The signed, 8-day movement is running movement has brass springs, as it was originally and striking a wire gong on the hours and half- made. It is running unreliably and will need a bit of hours. Ansonia beat scale inside, two-barrel pendu- attention to get it up to speed; it strikes on a wire lum, and a label on the back. A nice example. $50-$150. gong. The thick brass springs make the clock sur- prisingly heavy. A good green label inside, with an old pendulum 213. $50 bob and key; the door key serves as a handle and there is an ivory New Haven “Tagus”, ca. 1880. An 18.5-inch walnut escutcheon. $100-$200. case with a nice finish. The door glass is modern, the painted dial old with soiling and chipping. The hands 218. $50 are old replacements. The 1-day time-strike-alarm Waterbury steeple, ca. 1900. A 19-inch steeple with movement is running and striking on the nickel bell; good rosewood veneer all around; I see a couple of the alarm mechanism is unusual in that it is built into repairs that are well-matched. The door glass is old the movement. The movement is unsigned, the pen- but probably not original; the finials definitely are not dulum is as shown in the catalog illustration (page original. The painted dial shows some chipping at the 330 of Ly’s book on New Haven clocks). $50-$100. winding arbors, the hands a slight mismatch. The signed 30-hour, time-and-strike movement is running 214. $50 and striking correctly. Remains of two labels on the Waterbury Clock Co. “Hudson”, ca. 1893. A 23-inch back. $50-$100. walnut case in the original finish, very dark, thick, and crusty. The door glass is probably original; 219. $50 there are two incorrect finial replacements behind Daniel Pratt, Jr. OG, ca. 1840. Not much of the label the balls on top. The painted metal dial has been left in this 25-inch, 30-hour OG, but enough to deter- touched up extensively and still has considerable mine that Pratt was the principal. The veneer is chipping. The hands are close but mismatched, the good, the finish a bit flat. A great period tablet lith- fancy adjustable pendulum is as shown in the cata- ograph of “Alameda de Paula Havana,” the first log illustration but with a replacement hand indica- promenade in Havana. The dial glass is also old, the tor. The signed 8-day time-and-strike movement is running and small wooden dial is very plain but clearly old. The striking, there are bits of a label left on the back. There is an uncon- hands are modern replacements. The unsigned 30- nected alarm. $50-$100. hour movement is running and striking with two old OG weights. $50-$100. 215. $50 Wm. Gilbert Clock Co. “Favorite”, ca. 1880. A 22.5-inch cabinet clock 220. $100 that is not found in Ly’s book on Gilbert clocks; we know it is the Jonathan Frost wooden works with alarm, 1841. A 29.5-inch OG- “Favorite” by Gilbert from the dark label on the back. The oak case style case with a cornice top, seen in several examples from this

29 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures maker. The mahogany veneer is good, a few chips replacement. The 8-day, time-only movement with seconds bit is but nothing serious. The dial glass is period and signed but won’t run for more than a few seconds, it has been may be original; the mirror is a modern replace- worked on. There is a very nice 1800’s label on the back. $50-$150. ment. Frost appears to have made all his shelf clocks with mirrors. The dial is clean and bright 226. $10 ea. and there is a period alarm disk in the center; the Nine assorted alarms hands are period. The movement is a 30-hour and and desk clocks. is running and striking on a wire gong. I did not test the alarm; it strikes a bell on top of the case. A, B, D, E: Four US Time There are two period weights and an alarm weight. A good label Corp. “Waterbury” that includes the date of manufacture. As we know, wooden works alarm clocks, ca. 1944- with alarms are not common, but something Frost specialized in. 1969. Sporty looking $100-$200. alarms with rounded solid-color rims and matching paper dials, 5.5 inches high, on nickel stands. Colors are deep green, maroon, tan, 221. $50 and cobalt blue. The colored rims and dials are all in excellent Ansonia Clock Co. Octagon lever, 6 in, ca. 1880. An shape, only the green alarm has a rust stain on the dial from the 8.5-inch diameter case with rosewood veneer in alarm hand. The backs are nickel with some rust, and some have good shape. The glass in the bezel is beveled; the replaced winding knobs. Glass dials and white or nickel hands, some dial has the original paint with some touch-up, with lume. They are 30-hour alarm clocks, some will run and some cracking, and chipping. The hands are probably need help. replacements. The movement is signed and in- C: New Haven “Chime-Call” alarm clock, ca. 1930? This metal case cludes an hourly strike; I think it is an 8-day move- alarm is 6.25 inches high, painted black with silver trim, with a con- ment, it is running and striking on cue. There is a label on the back vex dial glass and a painted dial signed “Old Kentucky Home” and with considerable losses. $50-$100. manufactured by B.H. & M. Co. Inc., Louisville, KY. The B.H. & M. company was Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing, a large hardware 222. $100 distributer in Louisville in the first half of the 20th Century. This is a Chelsea Clock Co. “Ship’s Bell”, ca. 1923. The brass one-day alarm that is running and keeping time, if you care to wind case for this 4.5-inch dial clock is badly corroded on it. The painted finish shows considerable wear. top, suggesting it saw marine use. It strikes ship’s F, I: Jefferson Electric “bullet” clocks, ca. 1960. Two small electric bells and is running and striking. The hands are desk clocks, 5 inches high with 3-inch dials. The chrome clock (F) is Chelsea hands, but not typical for this model. The the “500” model, and is common. It runs on household current; the 5.5-inch case is 3.5-inches deep and the bezel opens cord is wrapped under the base. It has a flat glass dial with gold with a push-button on the left. $100-$250. numbers and lines, signed at the bottom, and a corrugated black dial with gold hands and a red second hand. It is running and keep- 223. $50 ing good time, and the finish is excellent. The gold clock (I) is the E. N. Welch “Octagon Lever”, 6 inch, ca. 1885. Model 880, an uncommon model that runs on two AA batter- This model is shown on page 233 of Ly’s Welch ies. The dial glass is convex with gold numerals and hands, and a Clocks, Second Edition. It has a 6-inch dial that white second hand. It is signed at the bottom of the black dial. The holds the original paint but has been touched up. gold mirror finish is a bit dull on the back and is brushed gold around The hands are Welch style; the glass is old but the dial. The clock runs fast. You can read more about these clocks newly puttied in. The 1-day, time-only movement at Roger Russell’s webpages. is not signed but it matches the movement shown in Ly on page G, H: Seth Thomas “Cannock”, 1928, and “Petite No. 3”, 1925. Two 233; it is running effortlessly. The rosewood veneer on the 9-inch small Seth Thomas desk/dresser clocks from the 1920’s, both in ma- case is in excellent condition, and there is a good label on the back. hogany cases, 4.5 inches high, both with inlays of lighter wood. The A nice example. $100-$200. Cannock (G) holds a backwind 8-day lever movement that is run- ning, but a bit slow; the case shows some crinkling to the varnish 224. $100 but is only noticeable up close. There is a silvered dial and a convex Seth Thomas “Engine Lever”, ca. 1935. I can’t find an exact match in glass. The Petite (H) has a gold metal dial and a lever movement Ly’s book on Seth Thomas Clocks, but this most closely approxi- that runs one day. It is running a bit fast. The finish on the case is mates the Engine Lever shown for 1935. The nickel clean and glossy; there is a label on the bottom. -plated case is 8 inches in diameter with a 6-inch silver-plated dial; the bezel is hinged with a push- Minimum bid on any clock is $10. Be sure to specify which one(s) button to open. It has a signed Seth Thomas No. you are bidding on by letter. 10 double-wind, time-only lever movement that includes a seconds bit. The dial is signed “Geo. J. Adams”, likely a retailer who ordered the clocks. The nickel case needs polishing and the silvered dial as well. It is running. $100-$250. Remember, any clock can be returned for a full refund within 30 days. If the clock is not as described, or we 225. $50 missed something not evident from the pictures, ship- New Haven Clock Co. “Wood Lever” 8 inch, ca. ping costs are refunded as well! 1885. A 12-inch octagonal oak case with an 8-inch paper dial. The case has a clean finish, the glass in the bezel is modern, the signed dial paper an old

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227. $100 day size, as found here at 31 inches. The case is Ansonia “Florentine No. 4”, ca. 1889. Called a veneered in rosewood with all flat surfaces. Both ‘plush’ clock, covered in red velveteen, 13 inches glasses are old but I think both have been redone; high. The velveteen is not new, but not likely origi- the lower depicts Ballston Springs, a spa north of nal either. This model is shown on page 566 of Ly’s Albany famous in the 1800’s for its mineral springs book on Ansonia clocks. There is a two-piece and, in 1803, the largest hotel in the US (Sans Souci signed porcelain dial with some cracks and losses Hotel). The painted metal dial is in good condition, behind a beveled glass. Dull gold ornamentation the 8-day, time-and-strike movement is unsigned, on the side columns and front. The embossed 8- driven by two old 8-lb weights, and is running and day time-and-strike movement is signed and dated 1889; it is run- striking with enthusiasm. $150-$250. ning strongly and striking on the hours and half-hours. This clock sold at Harris in 2013 for $200. $100-$200. 232. $250 Seth Thomas “Chime Clock No. 51”, ca. 1914. 228. $100 Seth Thomas made about a million models of New Haven Clock Co. “Tambour No. 15 chime clocks and this is one of the less com- Chime”, ca. 1917. This is a large tambour, mon. It came in oak only in three finishes, this 29 inches wide and 12 inches high. The is golden oak. The case is 14 inches tall with solid mahogany case is without chips or four bells, sounding Westminster Chimes on scratches but there is alligatoring to the the quarter-hours and counting the hours with finish that gives it some texture. There is a convex beveled glass in a fifth hammer. The convex dial is silvered with the brass sash and a silvered dial with little wear. The hands are as some spotty losses, behind a convex beveled glass. It is running and shown in the catalog illustration, but this model is not described as chiming as you might expect on four large deep-toned Sonora bells. being available as a chime version. Nonetheless, here it is. It strikes If you don’t like clocks that chime these Sonora chime clocks will Westminster chimes on “silver-toned rods” on the quarter-hours change your mind. Four-bell chimes from Seth Thomas typically sell with a “Self-adjusting chorded strike” with a rich tone. The winding between $250 and $400. key allows you to turn off the chimes. The New Haven-signed 8-day movement is running, chiming, and striking as expected. No label. 233. $200 As tambours go, this one is impressive and sounds great. $100-$200. Junghans bracket chime, ca. 1910. A 16.5-inch mahogany cabinet with fluted columns and brass 229. $250 accoutrements. The door glass is beveled, the Electric Ad Clock Co. “Action Ad Clock”, 1940-1970? A 23.5-inch wide dial brass with silvered chapter rings. The signed cabinet in walnut, 12.5-inches tall and 7 inches deep. Popular in res- brass plate movement is marked “B07.” It is run- taurants, lunch counters and taverns, these were first produced in ning and playing Westminster Chimes on the the 1940’s and I think the com- quarter hours on four chime rods and counting pany was still in business in Chi- the hours on a fifth rod. AAC sold a very similar cago through the 1960’s, but I example last summer for $200. $200-$450. can’t find any information on the company’s history. Neon 234. $100 advertisers are quite popular Vincenti & Cie brass table clock with candela- and this one is in excellent con- bra, ca. 1890. An ornate brass clock, 12.5 dition. It has six neon fluores- inches tall with blue porcelain insets display- cent advertising cards that flip ing medieval shields and armor, a blue about every 8 seconds on a continuously turning roller. I do not porcelain dial with cartouche numbering and believe any of the cards represent actual advertising. Both neon ornate brass hands, overlaying an image of tubes are working and are light blue, the clock is running. This ad- medieval armor. The top of the clock resem- vertiser is not very noisy (some models are). There is a nice label on bles a crown and it sits on 6 pointed feet. There are two matching the back and the electric cord is in good condition. Nothing not to small candelabras, 15 inches tall surmounted by a medieval figure like here – could your man-cave use a spruce-up? These are not holding a banner. The pendule a Paris movement is signed Vincenti uncommon; Route 32 & Showtime Auctions sold a similar example & Cie Medal of Honor, strikes a brass bell on the hours and half- last fall for $325. $250-$500. hours, and sits behind a glass door. It is running and striking as re- quired. Note that this clock is missing the brass chains that should 230. $300 be draped around the top and base (see #235). $100-$200. LeCoultre “Atmos model 519”, 1945-1959. An early Atmos in excellent condition with a bright finish and 235. $50 no scratches or dings. Unfortunately, the right-side Japy Freres brass table clock, ca. 1890. The same glass is missing. It stands 9.25 inches tall, 8.25 inches model as #234 but with different porcelain cartouch- wide. Serial number 32552. Not tested. $350-$450. es and brass chains draped around the top and base (one chain is missing in the back). There are no can- 231. $100 delabras with this clock, and the maker of the move- Wm. Gilbert & Co. “Jerome Patent Case”, ca. 1860. Gilbert worked ment is Japy Freres, and the back door is metal ra- at Winstead CT after 1841 and under his own name after 1851. Note ther than glass. The clock is running and striking a the statement on the door midpiece stating that the case was pa- nickel bell on the hours and half-hours. $50-$150. tented by Jerome in 1857; this case came in a 30-hour and a taller 8-

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236. $50 only movement is signed and running. The pendu- Gilbert Clock Co. unidentified shelf clock, ca. 1880. lum bob is not correct for this model; the lower This 19.5-inch walnut case most closely resembles glass may have had some circular gilding at one the Pyramid shown on page 313 of Ly’s book on time, and there is no label. $50-$150. Gilbert clocks. However, it differs in the crest, sidepieces and base. It may be a later version. 242. $100 There is no label on the case but the 8-day time- Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Octagon Top”, 1855-1860. and-strike movement is signed Gilbert and is run- These 9-inch clocks were made with a variety of 30- ning and striking on a wire gong. The door glass hour movements that could include strike and is old but not original and the glossy paper dial is alarm. Owen Burt wrote the definitive catalog of worn with the numbering touched up. $50-$100. this model, published in the NAWCC Bulletin in three issues in 1998; one might reasonably assume that he 237. $50 covered all possibilities, documenting everything Seth Thomas 8-day steeple, ca. 1880. A rejuvenated from the movements to the labels and hands. He (1955) steeple, 20 inches tall in mahogany veneer missed this one. The movement in this cottage is with few chips and no obvious repairs. Both glasses not shown in Ly’s books on Seth Thomas clocks nor are modern, the tablet beginning to peel. The in Burt’s treatise on these clocks; the anchor is locat- painted dial is also modern, the hands old. The ed below the escape wheel, rather than to the right side, as found in signed 8-day time-and-strike movement is running every other example. The movement is signed with the Plymouth and striking the hours on a signed wire gong. No stamp, and there is a Plymouth Hollow label used from 1855 to 1860. label. The movement used to have an alarm, but I The case is veneered in rosewood with a very dark, glossy finish; don’t see any evidence of an alarm in this case. The both glasses are original, including the well-preserved tablet. The collector who rejuvenated the case signed the inside top. Pretty metal dial has been repainted, the ST hands are period. It is running enough. $50-$100. without hesitation. A nice little find. $100-$200.

238. $50 243. $100 Waterbury Clock Co. 30-hour steeple, ca. 1880. A 19.5 French carriage clock and case, ca. 1900. A French -inch case in figured mahogany veneer with some carriage clock marketed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle de- chips, mostly along the left side base; the finish has partment store in Philadelphia in the early 1900’s. I do been cleaned. Both glasses are old, the tablet origi- not see a manufacturer’s mark on the clock but it is nal with some losses. The metal dial is old paint with marked ‘France’. The timepiece is 4.5 inches tall with some chipping, the hands period. The 30-hour time- five beveled glasses; the leather case shows plenty of and-strike movement is signed and running, striking a wear. A key is included to wind and set; it is running wire gong; the attached alarm (not tested) strikes an without problem. $100-$200. iron bell. There is a good label inside. $50-$100. 244. $50 239. $100 Ansonia Clock Co. “Tuxedo”, ca. 1901. A 10-inch Ansonia Clock Co. “Regulator A Calendar”, 1893. A 31-inch walnut/ porcelain clock in cream and mint with green and walnut veneer case with a clean finish. The dial gold highlights and purple pansies. The cream- glass is a modern replacement, the lower glass origi- colored paper dial has a gilt center and sits in an nal with “Regulator A” in silver stencil and gilded “American sash” holding a flat glass. The hands are trim around the outside. The glossy ivory paper dial correct. The signed 8-day, time and half-hour strike is a replacement; the hands are original including movement is running and striking on a cathedral the brass Ansonia calendar hand. The 8-day time- gong. $50-$150. only movement is signed and running. There is a black paper label from Ansonia inside that is faded 245. $100 to black, but a jeweler’s label from Buffalo dates the French green onyx mantel clock, ca. 1880. An 18-inch clock to 1893. A nice example. $100-$250. green onyx clock with ornate brass trim and a gilt brass filagree dial. There is a thin beveled glass in the 240. $25 bezel. The brass is bright, the onyx clean, no chips, no E. Ingraham & Co. “Lustre”, ca. 1915. A 26-inch solid major cracks. The unsigned pendule a Paris movement oak case with a 12-inch calendar dial. The paper dial is running and striking on the brass bell. A nice exam- is worn but the numbering is still strong, with three ple. $100-$250. proper hands. Both glasses are replacements, the lower hand-lettered and trimmed; the gilding on the tin dial pan is worn. The 8-day time-only signed 246. $50 movement is running without problem; there is a Sessions enameled iron mantel, ca. 1900. proper Ingraham pendulum and a small label on the Sessions made very few enameled iron man- back. $50-$100. tel clocks and this one is not shown in Ly’s book on Sessions clocks; there is no label on 241. $50 the case, but the movement is signed Ses- E. Ingraham & Co. “Ionic”, ca. 1880. A 21.5-inch walnut case with sions. It may be a replacement. The case two original glasses, metal painted dial, and hands. The 8-day time- has been nicely refinished, with new black

32 Antique American Clocks – January 2021 Auction Visit AntiqueAmericanClocks.com for more pictures lacquer, gilt incising, new faux marble columns and a new paper dial nal, dirty and with chipping, but with the Estelle nameplate. The dial and brass bezel with a thick beveled glass (with an edge chip). The glass is original, the lower glass replaced and should have a stencil dial pan has come loose from the bezel. The movement is running advertising the Hadley Bros. & Estelle. The 8-day movement is un- and striking. $50-$150. signed, as was typical, and the strike side is clamped and does not strike. The clock will run. There is a nearly complete but dark label 247. $1800 inside. Unless you have a spare programme mechanism lying English tavern clock, ca. 1820? Approximately 62 around this clock is mostly useful for parts for another Estelle clock. inches from finial tip to the bottom of the carved $50-$100. base – you’ll need plenty of room to hang this clock. The case is quartered oak with burled Eng- 304. $25 lish walnut insets and base. The door glass is old, Seth Thomas “Empire No. 200” crystal regulator, the dial glass likely a replacement. The painted ca. 1928. The brass on this 9.75-inch crystal regula- iron dial is original, signed “Kirk & Co., Limited, tor has been overcoated with a dulled semi- Liverpool”. The brass plate, double-fusee move- transparent finish that could be removed, perhaps ment is not signed or marked that I can see. It is with a solvent; the brass underneath looks fine. running and striking on the hours a very large There are four good, beveled glasses; the silvered wire gong attached to the backwall. The pendu- dial is badly worn but the hands are correct for this lum rod is metal, painted gold, with a heavy brass model. The signed 8-day, time and half-hour strike bob. I like this clock more than I thought I would. movement will run but the strike is not functioning. These are sometimes called “Act of Parliament” A project, for sure. $25-$75. clocks because in 1797 a tax of five shillings was imposed on clocks by the English Parliament, proving Ben Franklin’s 1748 statement WATCHES that “time is money”. The tax was repealed after 9 months. $2000- $3000. 800. $25 Skagen Denmark electric watch, Model 39LSS, ca. 301. $100 1995. An early Skagen watch, 34 mm across and Unknown 8-day shelf clock, ca. 1840? This clock 35 mm lug to lug, with a matte silver dial, pencil looks like a Welch, Spring & Co. or Atkins clock and hands, and a mirrored rim. Steel fine mesh straps is quite similar to one shown in Ly’s book on Welch with a double clasp. Quartz movement. Running clocks, second edition, on page 496. This clock and keeping time. This sold for around $100 in lacks a label and the strap-brass, 8-day, time-and- 1995. $50-$100. strike movement is unsigned, so we can’t be sure who made it. It is 42.5 inches tall in a dark walnut or PARTS mahogany finish. The painted metal dial is flaking badly and has been touched up. There are two 8- Some clock weights are associated with specific clocks and the win- day weights and a wooden pendulum stick but no ning bidders of those clocks have right of first refusal to purchase bob, and is untested. Both glasses are old. If you these weights at the indicated price. have any insight on this clock let me know and I will add it to the description. $100-$500. 900. $50 Banjo weight. Made of lead, painted black, 8.5 302. $25 lb., 7 inches long, 2.5 inches wide at base, 1.25 Sessions “Office 12-Inch”, ca. 1935. A 26-inch oak inches thick. Associated with #128. case with a replaced dial glass and an original lower glass with “Regulator” in gold lettering. The paint- 901. $ 50 ed dial shows some staining at the bottom, the Large weights for 8-day clocks. 3.25 x 2.25 inches at hands are correct. The 8-day time-only movement base; 5.5 inches tall, 8 lb and 9 lb each. Associated has some serious problems, will not run, and will with #96. need service; it does have a fancy Sessions pendu- lum bob. A good label on the back. $25-$75. 902. $50 Large weights for 8-day clocks. 3 inches across, 2 303. $50 inches deep, 5 inches tall, 6.5 lb each. These are mod- Samuel Estelle “Programme Regulator”, ca. 1874. ern weights. Associated with #97. Estelle invented and patented a mechanism by which clocks with a strike chain could be pro- 903. $20 grammed to strike once as often as every 5 Small square weights. The larger is 5 lb, 2.5-inches minutes. These clocks were most often used in square, 3.25 inches tall; the smaller is 4 lb, 2.75 inches schools, although the extent of their use is not by 2 inches, 3.5 inches tall. known. They were produced in Chicago and used primarily Jerome/New Haven clocks that Estelle’s 904. $50 company, Hadley Brothers & Estelle, modified Large weights for 8-day clocks. Each is 7.5-8 lb, 3 with their mechanism; the device looked like a inches wide by 2 inches deep by 5 inches tall. large fan. This clock lacks the Programme mecha- nism. The 20-inch case is walnut with an old finish, the dial origi-

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905. $50 917. $20 Large weights for 8-day clocks. Each is 8 lb, 3 inches Calendar Clocks, Tran Duy Ly, 1993. Hardcover, 360 pag- wide by 2.25 inches deep and 5.75 inches tall. es, B/W photos. Spine is faded.

906. $50 918. $20 Large weights for 8-day clocks. Each is 7 lb, 3.5 inch- Gilbert Clocks w/ Supplement, Tran Duy Ly, 1998. es wide by 2 inches deep by 4.5 inches tall. Hardcovers, 448 pages and 113 pages, B/W photos. Spine is badly faded. 907. $15/pair Round weights for one-day clocks. 919. $5 Each is about 2.5-3 lb, standard OG/ From Rags To Riches To Rags, The Story of Chauncey pillar & scroll/30-hour clock weights. Jerome, Chris H. Bailey, NAWCC Bulletin Supplement There are 21 sets; be sure to specify #15, Spring 1986. Softcover, 132 pages, B/W photos, how many sets you want. These are largely historical. examples – you cannot pick your set – sorry. Up to two sets can be mailed in a USPS flat rate box for $18. $15/pair.

908. $50 Large weights for 8-day clocks. Each is 8 lb, 3 inches wide by 2.25 inches deep by 5.5 inches tall.

909. $100/lb Mercury for weights. Liquid, previously used. Specify the amount you want; 27 lb available. Pick-up or delivery only, NO SHIPPING.

910. $5 “The Clock Mender” by Norman Rockwell, 1945. A 9 x 11-inch color image behind glass in an 11 x 14-inch black plastic frame.

911. $100 Thanks for shopping with Antique Large oval glass dome. Width: 17.5 inches; depth: 7 inches; height: 16.5 inches. Dome only, no American Clocks! base.

912. $20 Ansonia Clocks & Watches, Tran Duy Ly, 1998. Hardcover, 752 pages, B/W photos, fading to spine.

913. $20 Waterbury Clocks & Watches, Tran Duy Ly, 2001. Hard- cover, 584 pages, B/W photos.

914. $5 Welch Clocks, Tran Duy Ly, 1992. First Edition, softcover, 304 pages, B/W photos.

915. $10 Ingraham Clocks & Watches, Tran Duy Ly, 1998. Hardcov- er, 384 pages, B/W photos.

916. $20 New Haven Clocks & Watches, Tran Duy Ly, 1997. Hard- cover, 520 pages, B/W photos.

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