mid to late 17th century. Heavy oak case is 83"
high, 21" wide, has 3 doors, all with locks and
a key. The top door allows access to the nice
10" painted metal dial, great pair of hands, and
the movement; the middle door allows access
to the pendulum bob; the bottom door covers a
shelved storage area. The middle door has
heavy beveled glass, the bevel being about ½"
wide. There is a drawer below the large glass
with a brass pull and key lock. The sturdily
built case is rather plain except for the carved
places on the top door and base, the rope twist
on each side, and some carving above and
below the rope twist. There are four large bun
feet on the bottom. The year running move-
ment has double clicks on the great wheel, fine
adjustment on distance between the anchor and
escape wheel, maintaining power, fixed pal-
lets, 6 wheels, and it is running. The nice paint-
ed dial is signed, "Ant. Kaspar", and, "V
Karline". There is a large second's dial, a thick
brass dial ring, and a 9½" pendulum ball. The
brass weight is the largest and heaviest weight
I have ever tried to handle. It weights 42
pounds making it near impossible for one per-
son to hang it on the oversized brass pulley.
$4000-$6000.
245 / Cincinnati, Ohio", ca 1926. This com-
pany was formed by the Herschede Hall
Clock Company of Cincinnati, for the
express purpose of manufacturing and mar-
keting hall clocks driven by synchronous
electric motors. This is one of those early
electric clocks. It has been in one family for
as long as anyone can remember. The wal-
nut case is 7 feet, 2 inches, clean and pol-
ished, and the finish looks as good as new.
The design was poplar in 1926 and remains
so today. It has a broken arch top with a
large finial, narrow waist, full columns, two
doors with glasses, three brass weights,
brass pendulum bob and steel rod, and five
nickeled tubes. The doors have key locks,
with a key, nice glasses, and the bonnet has
cut out designs on the sides with cloth cov-
ering. The dial, hands, and moon phase,
look like most all of the Herschede models
of that day. It is 11" wide and 16" tall, with
moon phases, brass dial ring with raised sil-
ver numerals, great hands, cast spandrels in
the corners and similar casting in the dial
center, and is signed, "Revere". Note for the
high bidder the longest tube goes on the
left as you face the clock. $1500-$2000.
walnut case, now a medium shade, clean and in
excellent condition. It stands 7', 7" high, perfect
for today's homes with 8 foot ceilings. There is a
carved ornament on top, carving around the case
edge, extra nice carvings on the base, and some in
other places. There are four nice wood feet with
designs, not plain. The door has a lock, with a
key. There are three beveled wood panels on each
side, dividing the case in three equal sections.
The top two-thirds of the case lifts off the bottom
one-third making it much easier to transport and
set up. The glass over the dial is bowed and the
large door glass is heavily beveled. The move-
ment is 8 day, has machined designs on the solid
plates, and three large spring barrels. Four ham-
mers strike four chime rods and play Westminster
Chimes on the quarter hours. On the hours, four
hammers strike four long chime rods. The move-
ment is mounted to a wood seat board. The move-
ment is signed, "F de S, Paris, Depose, FBBF",
and there is a serial number. It has the original
brass pendulum bob with a wood stick. The out-
standing dial has big porcelain cartouche numer-
als, a porcelain dial center, and brass work around
the cartouche numerals and it has inner and outer
dial rings and very nice original hands. This is a
very large and very attractive floor clock. $1500-
$2500.
ca 1850-1875. The clock was stored in an attic
for 50 years and was restored to bring it back
near its original condition. This type of gesso
finish was poplar in France and throughout
Europe from the 1850's thru the 1880's.
Plaster molds were designed by commis-
sioned artists, the plaster then applied to the
wood and sealed with clear shellac. This case
was restored where needed, many coats of
stain and gold gilt applied over the wood and
plaster moldings. All colors used were color
matched with the original stain colors on the
case. Amber shellac was used to seal and pro-
tect the gold, leaving a deep semi-transparent
gold tone. Similar clocks are pictured in most
European clock books. The movement was
serviced and repaired as needed. It is an 8 day
spring movement, striking a coil gong, all
original to this case. $2500-$3500.