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Clocks 73-78
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77.           $600

Jerome & Co. New Haven, Conn. shelf calendar clock, “Register Mantel Calendar”, ca 1880. New Haven Clock Co. acquired the Jerome company and began using Jerome trademarks on their clocks as early as 1880. The walnut case is 28 inches high, has a good finish, not smoky or dirty, and complete except for two top finials. There is a door latch on the side, old glass but not sure if it is original. On the back is half of a label but I cannot read one word, it is very dark. The movements are correct and functioning properly. The 8-day movement is running and striking a coil gong. Inside is a complete paper label about the “B.B. Lewis Perpetual Calendar” movement. Pendulum is not original. Ly-Calendar, page 200. $600-$750.

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78.           $500

Elaborately decorated porcelain clock made in China for the German market but some gravitated to the American market. The large case (22 inches high) was first fired with a white glaze then gold paint and painted flower petals were applied and fired a second time. The brass sash and hands also look like the gold paint on the case. The porcelain dial has an hour ring and a minute ring. The German 8-day lever movement is running and striking bim-bam on the half hours and the number of hours. It is a very impressive and attractive clock. $500-$1000.

 

76.           $300

Austrian 30 day Vienna Regulator, Serpentine style, ca 1850. The two-piece porcelain dial and the 8-day 3 weight movement are both unsigned. The dial appears to be a little spotty like oil stains, otherwise good, hands and brass rings are clean and polished, and all are in very good condition.   The 8-day movement is mounted on a wood seat board that slides into wood mounts. The brass pulleys, brass weights, unusual large brass pendulum bob, wood stick, old winding crank, and the beat scale, are all of that period and we feel original to this clock. The 53-inch-high case has an exceptionally nice finish, no doubt over mahogany. It is dark but not ebonized. There are finials in an unusual place, low on the sides, and on the bottom, some applied trim over the top, three good glasses, and a side door latch. There is a key lock on the door, but no key. I suspect that is why someone installed a hook latch. We do not get many 3 weight Serpentine clocks. The biggest negative is a missing finial on the top which would make the case exceptionally tall, around 57 inches. This is a great investment if you have the space for this very large clock. $500-$1000.

 

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75.           $300

New Haven Clock Co. 30-day calendar clock made for the American Wringer Co. around 1900. It is very obvious it is a New Haven made clock for their name is on it, but like all the other clocks that New Haven and other clock companies made for the American Wringer Co. and the other washing machine company’s, none were pictured in their trade catalogs, hence not in any of Tran Duy Ly’s books. An American Wringer Co. label is on the back, New Haven not mentioned on the label. The dials are paper and original. and have the New Haven name and logo on the calendar dial. The 30-day time only movement is clean and running. The brass pendulum ball is polished, correct wood stick, beat scale, door latch, and four correct hands. The oak case is 48” tall, has been cleaned and polished, has all the original applied wood ornaments, other wood parts. The calendar mechanisms in all these New Haven calendar clocks are simple calendars and were made by New Haven. As I said in the beginning this clock is not in Ly-New Haven, but is pictured in Millers Calendar Clocks, page 128. $500-$1000.

 

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73.           $650

Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 4” ca 1880. According to most “experts”, the finest movements and cases Seth Thomas ever made were the Fashion clocks 1 thru 8 that they made under contract to the Culver Brothers of St. Louis, Missouri. They made the cases No. 3 thru 8 of solid walnut, 32 inches high, with three finials on top. There were slight variations in the dials, glasses, pendulums, gongs, and movements. The No. 4 was the last of the short pendulum models and the last one striking on a bell. Overall, this case is nice and in near original condition. The finials although “almost” showing the original factory chuck marks on the base, are good reproductions, turned exactly as originals, and stained to match the other case wood. One of the three may be original. The dial papers are replacements and leave a little to be desired. The Fashion glass has a chip on top and the word Fashion is a decal, not painted with gold leaf. The pendulum bob and stick, large brass bell, and complete black label, all appear to be correct. The dial rings are nickel. The 8-day movement is running, the calendar is changing, and both are clean and have proper signatures. If you have the dials painted and fix the glass you can double your investment. Ly-Calendar, page 286; and Ly-Seth Thomas, page 119.  $750-$1000.

 

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74.           $250

Seth Thomas Clock Co. “Column Shell Large”, ca 1863. The 32” high rosewood veneered case is stunning, but you may find a tiny veneer repair if you check close and perhaps a chip on the bottom and top boards. The shell graining on the columns is very good and the gilt capitals and bases still have most of the gold. An impressive clock that has been in the collectors home for many years but you may want to look it over before putting on your mantel. I carried it all over my house searching for a place to leave it, but to no avail. Hopefully you have a place for it. A paper label covers the backboard and is near perfect and signed, “Seth Thomas, / Plymouth Hollow, Conn.”. All three glasses, two door latches, painted dial, iron weights, brass bob, coil gong, pulleys, and pulley covers on top are all original to the clock. The original glasses are very nice and have minimal flaking. I doubt if you see any in the pictures. I do not see any repairs, change, or additions to the clock except some paint touchup on the four corners of the dial.  8-day brass lyre movement is stamped with their eagle trademark and signed, “S.Thomas / Plymouth, Conn. / U.S.A.”.  We do not get them any nicer than this one. When I started collecting clocks in the 1970’s if I could have found a clock like this I would have thought I had died and gone to Heaven. Ly-Seth Thomas, pages 512-516. $300-$500.

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