1840. Mahogany veneered case has a carved top and
carved feet, and stands 30" high. Very few defects, the
on the door. One toe on the outside
clock over 170 years old it is incred-
ible. The tablet is debatable as to
tended it is original. It does have
and so is three fourths of the putty. I will say, the putty
was painted with the glass in the door
and some other Salem Bridge clock makers. Certain ele-
ments of the case are also similar to cases by other Salem
Bridge makers. Pair of iron weights, old brass bob, wind
crank, working door lock with a key, three period hands,
iron bell, and a nice painted dial identical to those attrib-
uted to Ward's clocks. Ward was an entrepreneur who
dabbled and experimented with several things. He and
Sylvester Clark were in business together for a while.
NAWCC Bulletin #13, "Heman Clark And The Salem
Bridge Shelf Clocks", page 60-65. $3000-$4000.
case with 4 candle stands, ca 1847. Mahogany veneered
case is 26" tall, good veneer, even on the
curved sections, the only veneer damage
of consequence is on the left of the top
door, between the door and candle stand
where a piece about 1 inch has chipped
and was stained over. Good tips on the
candle stands, and two original door
latches. We believe the lower glass to
be original, it shows an old beehive
and the saying, "By Industry We
Thrive". Minor wear or fading of that
glass. We also feel that the two glasses
in the top door are original. Inside is an
excellent full label, black painted
wagon spring movement, coil gong, and the seat board
mounted 8 day brass movement. The movement is proper-
ly signed. The old painted zinc dial is in remarkably good
condition. Some insignificant paint loss around the winding
arbors and where the dial attaches to the frame, all have
been touched up with good matching paint. We have not
seen a finer example of the Birge & Fuller steeple on
case/wagon spring, model. Ly-American Clocks, Volume 3,
page 215, pictures and describes this clock. $3500-$4000.
time and alarm shelf clock, ca 1825-1840. Mahogany
holding both old glasses so we assume
glass is old mercury with some loss. A
clock originally so perhaps someone
wanted new putty around the old glass-
is complete and operable, but I would not recommend
anyone runs it unless you feel that you have to prove to
yourself it runs. Good old period hands, probably original,
two old iron weights, old brass bob, and an old iron bell
below the movement. The interesting and divergent time
and alarm shelf clocks made by Hoadley are pictured and
discussed in two articles by Bryan Rogers and Joseph
Arvay, published in the NAWCC Bulletins, August 1996,
page 601, and June 1998, page 328. $2500-$3000.
1846-1848. This is his Model E, three ball pendulum
bob introduced by his backers,
The J. R. Mills & Co. who were
marketing Crane's clocks changed
their name to The Year Clock
Company, in an attempt to put out
a cheaper product (than the month
or year running clocks) and there-
by increase sales. Bad news, it
flopped, and they flopped. Crane
was despondent that his year
clocks were not selling and he
changed courses. He continued to
make a few and they were sold by
Boston Clock Company and others,
and he began to concentrate on astronomical clocks.
This unusual clock had a dial under glass. This original
glass/dial has cracked along the winding arbors. The
dial is signed, "J. R. Mills & Co. New York / A. D.
Crane's Patent".
There is an excellent backboard label showing the
name of the seller as, "The Year Clock Company".
Evidently this clock was being marketed about the time
they were changing their name. The case has two excel-
lent glasses, original three ball pendulum, a pair of iron
wafer weights, and the original Crane brass movement
and the trademark Crane hands. Ly-American, Volume
3, pages 187-188. NAWCC Bulletin Supplement 16,
Summer 1987, "Aaron Dodd Crane An American
Original". $4500-$6000.
The letters on the dial starting at the bottom, left to right, "T
That logo is printed around the outer
edge of the wood case. The logo has
center around both arbors. Pilsner Beer was one company
that has used this logo for over 100 years. Is that a beer mug
in the center The painted metal dial is 18" wide. Strangely,
on the back is an identical dial, same letters, slightly soiled. I
can only guess they wanted it to look cleaner so they painted
the other side. The case is 26", very dark and dirty, never
cleaned. The dial is original but very heavy and extra screws
have been installed to hold it in place. The door hinge will
need screw holes filled and new screws to hold the heavy
bezel in place. There is a good label on the back, correct
hands, minute hand weighted, old brass bob, and a signed 8
day time only movement. Ly-Waterbury, page 210. $1000-
$2000.
Rosewood case is 28" high and in very nice condition for
its age. I compared it to mine to see which
one I wanted to keep, but could see no
difference, both very nice. I tell every-
one I do not collect anymore but
every time a ST calendar comes in I
try to rationalize how I can keep it.
The old dial pans are original, repaint-
ed several years ago, now with the
right amount of age. Hands and door
latch are correct, 8 day time only move-
ment and calendar movement are origi-
nal, upper movement is signed and both
are operating properly. There is a near
perfect black label on the door between the
two original glasses. Ly-Seth Thomas, page 93 Ly-
Calendar, page 249. $1250-$1500.
three pieces. The center piece is 21" high, the side pieces
wheel, signed by Japy
numerals and brass hands on the wood dial. Large wood-
en hinged back door with a latch hook. Date "1901" writ-
ten on the bases but I cannot swear it was put there by the
maker. The carvings are good and if I were to put it in the
smoker for ten minutes it would look like many I have
sold over the years, black as coal. Sans the smoke I would
say it has lived in a very clean environment during its exis-
tence. $2000-$2500.
Keyhole model, "Regulator No. 1", ca 1913. The "old oak
/ fine cabinet case", is 34" high, has a beau-
tiful aged finish, now looks more like
walnut than oak. The case has one
imperfection, the weight fell damaging
the bottom. Over half of the old label is
still inside but the weight took out the
center part. In my opinion the base is not
bad looking hanging on the wall, but
could have been restored much better than
it was. We have some good antique restor-
ers here, and I will have it repaired for
you if you want. The painted glass has
good black and gold paint, only minor
paint loss. Original upper glass, brass bob,
wood stick, beat scale, door lock, and original
metal dial pan. The dial was professionally repainted, has
three correct hands, and an old wind crank. The 8 day
movement is the same as used in the No.2 Regulators, it is
signed, and running. This is the third "Keyhole" model we
have sold in over 30 years. We sold one in the January
1996 auction for $4500, one in the July 2009 auction for
$8300, and this one. I can find no other sales at auction,
although surely there have been some. Ly-Seth Thomas,
page 271. $4500-$6000.
Mahogany case is 36.5" high, very deep ruby color,
very mild. Everything about the clock
is original and about as straight and
nice for its age as any No. 2 we have
ever sold. Sure the old dial has a few
where the bob has rubbed, but the clock
is untouched. It has not been cleaned or
slicked up to fool CH. The 8 day move-
ment is signed and running, the dial,
inal. I wish I knew where there were
$1500-$2000.