case, "Occidental", ca 1891. Walnut
case is in original untouched condi-
tion and only lightly polished with
some dark spots in the corners and
grooves. Silver statues, finials, and
other metal ornaments are all original.
Signed paper dial was replaced, on the
old dial pan, and the hands are correct.
The mirrors on the sides are perfect
which makes me suspect they were
replaced. Old mirrors always lost
some of the silver backing. Great door
glass featuring two birds in the lily
pond. Old pendulum with needle for
adjusting slow-fast, leaves attached to
the lyre pendulum rod. Most of a
paper label remains on the back, now
covered with plastic. There is a winding key inside. The movement is 8
day, running, and striking a Cathedral gong. A nice straight clock except
for the things we noted. Ly-Gilbert #1040. $500-$750.
went thru Bubba's Clock Shop for refur-
bishing. If you remove the brass finial, and
the fancy fluted base you end up with what
most early Boston area banjo's looked like.
It will take some work to undo the
"improvements" Bubba made to the case, but I
believe it would be worth the effort. The case is basi-
cally sound. Both glasses were repainted, weight is
new, pendulum bob is not correct, and the old dial
pan has a new paper dial. The movement, brass
bezel, weight chute, metal weight cover, and the
pendulum rod, all look correct. With a little work
you can make this into a nice clock again. The
Boston area brass movement is unsigned, 8 day, and
time only. $500-$750.
named, "Banjo No.1-1924". Mahogany case is 37.5"
high, brass side rails and brass eagle, and glasses
painted with American naval scenes. The clock is
near perfect, all original top to bottom, clean yet
never cleaned. Has light crazing on the finish.
Excellent signed, painted dial, original hands and
pendulum. Signed 8 day, time only, spring driven
movement that is running. Label with "Directions",
behind the bottom door. This one is as nice as you
will find. Ly-Seth Thomas #151. $500-$750.
tle
and finials on the top, small attached
wood pieces, and grooved designs on
the base. No attempt has been made
to spruce up the clock so you will see
the usual tiny nicks on the edges, but
there is nothing damaged or repaired.
Several things jump out at you when
you look at this clock, the dial, pen-
dulum, top railing, but the best things
are the three beveled glasses, sides
and front. They are not piddly little
bevels, they are half inch bevels. The
hurts are, 1. some spokes missing on
the original brass bob. 2. paper loss
on the black dial but hands are cor-
messed with the dial and created some new holes. The movement is 8 day,
running briskly, strikes half hours on a Cathedral gong. There is about
75% of the paper label still on the back. As you are aware, this is a rare
little clock that should be easy to restore to its eminence. Ly-Kroeber,
page 144. $400-$600.
the paper label inside the case. It
also says, "Manufactured By". That
is using the term loosely. I think he
bought cases and movements from
others and assembled them, or he
bought complete clocks from others
and put his label in them. Some
Conn. companies black-balled him
and would not sell him movements
because he was undercutting prices.
Some things never change. The 22"
high walnut case is in the "column
and
pieces of trim and the splat is plain
compared to some of that day. There
are chimneys and returns on top.
The inside is configured to accom-
are old, certainly difficult to say for sure they are original to the case. The
bottom glass is signed, "Residence of The Terry". 8 day brass movement
is running and striking a coil gong. $600-$800.
Clock. The winding is achieved by
an electric 12 volt motor at the rear
of the movement. As the clock
unwinds the weights drop lower
and a trip arm attached to one of
the weight's pulleys gradually
ical switch. Eventually, when it is low
enough the cam triggers a switch and the
motor starts rewinding. As the weights then
travel back upwards they will trip this
mechanical switch again and switch the
motor off when they get to the top. Included
is the original winding crank for those times
that the power or battery runs down.
Original weights, compensating pendulum,
and all the original wiring and switches.
The near perfect oak case is 35" tall, 14.5"
wide. It has the original glass, silver dial,