DESCRIPTION:
Clocks- 7 (Seven): (1) Elisha Manross, Bristol, shelf clock with a spring driven 30 hour time and strike movement in a rosewood veneered case with inlay, c1850; (2) Seth Thomas, Plymouth Hollow, Conn., cottage shelf clock with a spring driven 30 hour time and alarm movement in a rosewood veneered case, c1850. (3): Brewster & Co., Bristol, Conn., cottage shelf clock with a spring driven 30 hour time and alarm movement in a rosewood veneered case, c1850. (4) Seth Thomas, Plymouth Hollow, Conn., cottage shelf clock with a spring driven 30 hour time and strike movement in a rosewood veneered case, c1850. (5) Daniel Pratt, Reading, Mass., cottage clock with a spring driven 30 hour timepiece movement in a rosewood veneered case, c1855. (6) S. B. Terry, Terryville, Conn., shelf clock with a 30 hour timepiece movement (incomplete) in a paper finished case, c1850. (7) Waterbury Clock Co., Waterbury, Conn. steeple shelf clock with a spring driven 30 hour time and strike case in a mahogany veneered case, c 1855.
CONDITION:
(1) The finish has been lost. The dial has been repainted. The hour hand is missing; (2) The dial board, dial and minute hands are replacements. There is minor veneer loss. The finish is heavily mottled. The glass tablet is cracked. (3) The dial is missing. The hands are replacements, There is some veneer loss. (4) There is veneer loss. The dial has been poorly repainted. The "ST" hands are original. The base is loose and needs to be reglued. (5) There is veneer loss. The gilt pieces have been painted gold. The dial has darkened and is showing loss. (6) The front plate to the ladder movement is missing. The hands and dial are missing. The paper finish is largely dried out and gone. (7) There is veneer loss. The dial has paint loss and the hands are missing. ***NOTE*** The dimensions are for clock number 4.
ESTIMATE:
$200
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$300
PRICE SOLD:
$70
DIMENSIONS: 14.5in x 10in x 4.25in
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