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Provenance
Property from:
Terry & Karen Brotherton
Vera Rubin
Private New Jersey and New York Collections
A Vermont Gentleman
A Chicago Collector
The Collection of
Terry & Karen Brotherton: Lots 1–58
Terry and Karen Brotherton, Pasadena, Texas
One of the great joys in collecting is certainly the people you meet, and when those people also collect for the right reasons—
to study, to share, to publish—it is a friendship made in heaven. Skinner is pleased to have been chosen to sell the 30-year,
nationally known, early American clock collection of Terry and Karen Brotherton, as they move on to a new chapter in their lives.
The Brothertons were careful buyers relying on a trusted and highly skilled group of dealers and clock experts for advice.
Examples from Ralph Pokluda of Houston, Peter Sawyer of New Hampshire, Chris Bailey of Connecticut, Ed LaFond
of Pennsylvania, and Robert C. Cheney from Massachusetts, all point to high standards of rarity and condition. Unique
Pennsylvania shelf clocks, J.N. Dunning rarities, Ives “wagon springs,” examples by S.B. Terry, and mirror and globe clocks
were Brotherton favorites. Those once owned by NAWCC past presidents (3), and noted early collectors were also sought
by Terry and Karen, particularly when accompanied by wonderful, original painted tablets. With the quality and rarity of the
collection, it is no surprise to find examples photographed in numerous books including Horology Americana, The American
Clock, Pennsylvania Shelf and Bracket Clocks, 1750-1850, A Treasury of American Clocks, and American Shelf and Wall
Clocks.
Terry’s credentials in clock circles span the National Watch and Clock Collectors’ national organizational structure and the
national and regional meetings where attendees could view and study the exhibitions prepared by Terry, Karen, and other noted
collectors in the Houston area. Terry served as the President of the NAWCC Museum Board of Trustees and a NAWCC 2nd
Vice Chairman of the Interim Board of Directors and other positions at the local level. Exhibitions held in conjunction with the
11th annual NAWCC Seminar in Houston in 1990, the landmark exhibit, Horological Rarities of Space City ’99, and an exhibit
and catalog for the 1999 NAWCC National convention in Houston, featured many clocks from the Brotherton collection and set
new standards for future exhibits and publications at NAWCC meetings. Terry teamed up with his good friend George Goolsby
of Houston as guest curators for the special exhibit of Pillar and Scroll Clocks at the National Watch and Clock Museum in
2006-2007 which resulted in a 98-page color publication and of course, featured several Brotherton clocks.
It seems only natural that the Brothertons would one day offer their collection at public auction so that others would have an
equal opportunity to acquire, study, and learn from the treasures held within. Those of us fortunate to call Terry and Karen
friends are truly lucky that horology has allowed our paths to cross. As collectors we are only temporary custodians of the
artifacts we hold dear, but our friendships will live forever.
Robert C. Cheney, Director
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments, Skinner Inc.
Publications and exhibitions cited in the catalog:
Classic American Clocks, special exhibit at The Heritage Museum in Houston in conjunction with the 1990 NAWCC Seminar; Horological Rarities of Space City ’99,
exhibition catalog of the 1999 NAWCC National Convention in Houston; American Shelf and Wall Clocks by Robert Ball, 1999; Pillar & Scroll Clocks by Phil Gregory
and J. Carter Harris, special exhibit at NAWCC of Pillar and Scroll Clocks, 2006-2007.
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Pennsylvania Walnut Inlaid Tall Clock,
Attributed to John Albert, Adams County,
Pennsylvania, c. 1795, carved flame finials
and pinwheel swan’s neck hood, above the
four freestanding columns flanking the painted
Roman numeral dial with sweep center
seconds, raised gilt and pictorial painted
spandrels, moon’s age in arch, and calendar
aperture, carved shell-top full-length waist
door with center inlaid star flanked by reeded
columns, raised panel base with central star
inlay and turned quarter-columns, and ogee
bracket feet, eight-day, brass, time and rack
strike movement with dead-beat escapement
mounted towards the rear plate, powered by
two lead weights, and regulated by a brassfaced pendulum. ht. 97 in.
Literature: Illustrated in Horological Rarities of
Space City ‘99, p. 8.
$4,000-6,000
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Pennsylvania Pillar and Scroll Clock,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, c. 1830, the
mahogany case with heavy scrolls, wooden
finials, freestanding turned columns flanking
the full-length door with glazed dial opening
over the painted iron Arabic numeral dial with
floral spandrels and oval paper label in the
reverse penned in script Johann Kaltenbach/
Neukirch, lower painting on iron of a memorial
scene with angel and mourning maiden, thirtyhour time and count wheel strike movement
with birch frame, brass wheels and lantern
pinions all powered by two weights and
regulated by a pendulum, on four turned feet,
ht. 31 in.
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John Albert Mahogany Shelf Clock, Tyrone
Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, c.
1830-35, the mahogany case with scroll top
and urn finials, freestanding turned columns
flanking the full-length door, the upper
section over the 10-in. diameter painted iron
Roman numeral dial with delicately pierced
hands, the lower mahogany veneered panel
with pendulum aperture all on turned feet,
eight-day time and rack strike movement
with attached alarm, pendulum and two iron
weights, ht. 48 in.
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in
Horological Rarities of Space City ‘99, p.
22; Classic American Clocks, p. 7; Pillar and
Scroll, pp. 84-85; and Spittler, Stevenson, and
Taylor, NAWCC Bulletin #368, p. 332.
$3,000-5,000
Literature: Edward F. LaFond, Jr. and J.
Carter Harris, Pennsylvania Shelf and Bracket
Clocks, 1750-1850, pp. 73, 77.
$10,000-15,000
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Provenance: Dr. Marlow Olsen (Richard
Bourne 5-10-88).
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Jacob D. Custer, Mahogany Shelf Clock,
Norristown, Pennsylvania, c. 1830, the scrolltop case with freestanding columns flanking
the 12 3/4-in. painted iron Arabic numeral dial
signed J.D. Custer/Norristown/Patent with
grain painted border around the perimeter
and flowers in the spandrels and arch, lower
mahogany veneered panel and four turned
feet, eight-day time and strike movement
with “pin” count wheel strike on great
wheel with double-ended hammer, anchor
escapement, pendulum, and two lead
weights, ht. 38 1/2 in.
Provenance: The Time Museum, Rockford,
Illinois (Inventory #980), Sotheby’s
Masterpieces from the Time Museum,
October 14-15, 2004, Lot 1105; George
Goolsby.
Literature: This clock is illustrated and
discussed in Edward F. LaFond, Jr. and J.
Carter Harris, Pennsylvania Shelf and Bracket
Clocks, 1750-1850, p. 48.
$15,000-25,000
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Samuel S. Grosch Mahogany Shelf Clock,
Marietta, Pennsylvania, c. 1820, with four
freestanding turned columns supporting
an arched cornice with six plinths topped
by brass finials, 13 1/2-in. painted iron dial
marked Saml. S. Grosch, Marietta, Pa., Arabic
hour, minute, and center calendar numerals,
blued steel hour, minute, calendar, and sweep
hands, painted dial with country scene with
pendulum aperture a tilt-top table, veneered
side panels framed with banded inlay,
brass paw feet, removable bird’s-eye maple
veneered panels inside front door, two hinged
sections of backboard for access to weights,
and eight-day double compounded, weightpowered movement with rack and snail strike,
pull repeat, and front-mounted escape wheel
and pallets, ht. 36 in.
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Provenance: Herbert Nilson Collection;
Skinner, Sale #2444, February 2009, Lot 50.
Literature: This clock is pictured and
discussed in Edward F. Lafond, Jr. and J.
Carter Harris, Pennsylvania Shelf and Bracket
Clocks, 1750-1850, p. 59; Stacy Wood and
Stephen Kramer III, Clockmakers of Lancaster
County and Their Clocks, 1750-1850, pp. 63,
221; and The American Clock, pp. 114, 115.
$20,000-30,000
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Luman Watson Portico Shelf Clock,
Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1830, mahogany porticoform case with Arabic numeral painted iron
dial, turned bezel which opens by pulling
forward and rotating a half turn, cylindrical
lead weights fall through the gilt tin columns
flanking the looking glass at the back,
lower banded mahogany door opens to
the backboard with partial printed maker’s
label, two rear fitted doors for movement
access and removable top for access to
the compound pulleys, thirty-hour wood
movement with count wheel strike and
regulated by a rear-hung pendulum rod and
cut glass bob, ht. 28 1/2 in.
Provenance: Former NAWCC President,
Douglas Cowan.
Exhibitions: 2013 NAWCC National
Convention, Dayton, Ohio.
$10,000-15,000
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Aaron Willard Mahogany Shelf Clock,
Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1800, the fret-top
case with three brass urn finials, glazed dial
door over the “kidney”-shaped painted iron
Roman numeral dial inscribed Aaron Willard/
Washington Street/Boston, the lower raised
plinth with banded inlay supported by splayed
French feet, eight-day, time-only movement
with cast iron weight and pendulum, ht. 39 in.
$8,000-12,000
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Mahogany Gilt Front Patent Timepiece or
“Banjo” Clock, Concord, Massachusetts, c.
1815, mahogany case with five-piece chestnut
backboard, painted iron Arabic numeral dial
over the rope-molded gilded frames enclosing
reverse-painted tablets, the waist glass
flanked by brass side ornaments and marked
Patent, the lower hinged box glass of a lattice
pattern with a gilded basket of flowers, eightday, time-only movement with lead weight,
brass-faced pendulum, and swallow tail tie
down, ht. 32 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
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Aaron Willard Jr. Patent Timepiece
or “Banjo” Clock, No. 2080, Boston,
Massachusetts, c. 1820, Roman numeral
painted iron dial signed A. Willard, Jr./Boston/
No. 2080, half round frames over the reversepainted glasses, the waist glass flanked by
side ornaments in a leaf, basket, and field of
stars design on a red ground, the lower box
glass depicting Poseidon and a maiden in his
sea chariot pulled by two mythological sea
creatures, eight-day time and integral alarm
movement with lead weight and pendulum, ht.
33 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
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Stenciled Patent Timepiece or “Banjo”
Clock, New England, c. 1825, painted Roman
numeral iron dial over the stenciled half round
frames enclosing reverse-paintings on glass,
the waist glass with scrollwork on a red and
blue ground, the lower box glass depicts a
domed building and spacious lawn, eight-day
brass movement with weight and pendulum,
ht. 31 in.
$600-800
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H. Tifft Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock,
North Attleboro, Massachusetts, c. 1840,
mahogany case with turned wood bezel over
the painted iron Roman numeral dial marked
H. Tifft, wood side ornaments, beveled frames
enclosing the reverse-painted glass tablets,
the throat a foliate vine, the lower an Odd
Fellows glass marked Tisquantum Lodge, No.
46, I.O. of O.F., Instituted Sept. 30, 1844, with
several symbols of the order in the pendulum
aperture, eight-day, time-only movement
powered by a weight, ht. 35 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Mahogany “Harp Pattern” or Lyre Clock,
unsigned, Massachusetts, c. 1830, the
lyre-form case with flat frames enclosing
mahogany veneered front and lower hinged
box door, turned wooden bezel over the
painted iron Roman numeral dial and moon
hands, eight-day, time-only movement with
“ears” for movement attachment, iron weight
and pendulum, ht. 38 in.
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Mahogany “Harp Pattern” or Lyre Clock,
Massachusetts, c. 1825, “true” lyre-form case
with carved finial, brass bezel over the painted
iron Roman numeral dial, lyre midsection with
mahogany veneered panel set into the frame,
pillow molding caps the veneered pedestal,
eight-day, time-only movement with iron
weight and pendulum, ht. 38 in.
Provenance: Tom Grimshaw.
Literature: Illustrated in Horological Rarities of
Space City ‘99, p. 16, and Classic American
Clocks, p. 7.
$2,500-4,500
Literature: Illustrated in Classic American
Clocks, p. 7.
Exhibitions: 1990 NAWCC Seminar, Houston,
Texas.
$2,000-4,000
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Elnathan Taber Mahogany Coffin Clock,
Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1810, the
dovetailed case with full-length door, glazed
opening for the 7 3/4-in. painted iron Roman
numeral dial inscribed Warranted by E.
Taber, eight-day time and detached alarm
movements, the time movement with step
train and through bolt attachment to the case,
pendulum suspended by a “T-bridge” and two
period lead weights, ht. 32 in.
Provenance: Skinner, January 16, 1993.
Literature: This clock is illustrated and
discussed in Horological Rarities of Space City
‘99, p. 2.
$15,000-25,000
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Edmund Currier Looking Glass Wall
Clock, Salem, Massachusetts, 1825-30,
the mahogany dovetailed case with fulllength door held firm with large door latches,
flat molded top cornice surmounting the
reverse-painted tablet over the painted iron
Roman numeral dish dial inscribed E. Currier/
Salem and pierced spade hands flanked by
twist-carved and turned columns capped by
pressed brass rosettes, the lower section with
original looking glass all opening to the eightday, time-only movement with lead weight and
brass-faced pendulum bob and wooden rod,
ht. 38 1/2 in.
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Provenance: An old typewritten label pasted
to the backboard reads: “This clock was
made by Edmund Currier, a Salem clockmaker
about 1837. It hung in the dining room of
Samuel L. Batchelder, Cedar St. from about
1850-1891.”; Peter Sawyer Antiques.
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in
Horological Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 17.
$8,000-12,000
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S.B. Terry Wall Regulator, Terryville,
Connecticut, c. 1840, mahogany case with
turned wood bezel over the 11-in. painted
wood Roman numeral dial, wood panel lower
door, unusual eight-day brass movement
with square back plate, skeletonized circular
front plate secured by tabs to the three pillars,
powered by a lead weight and regulated by a
pendulum, ht. 35 in.
Literature: Illustrated in American Shelf and
Wall Clocks, p. 213.
$3,000-5,000
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Silas B. Terry Bevel Case Shelf Clock,
Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1840, mahogany
case with door of quarter round molding,
lower tablet a transfer and paint scene of
buildings along a park with a heart shaped
pendulum aperture, paper on wood dial
marked Silas B. Terry, Terry’s Ville Conn,
thirty-hour time and strike movement powered
by two iron weights and regulated by a
pendulum, ht. 24 in.
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Silas B. Terry Shelf Clock, Terryville,
Connecticut, c. 1840, mahogany cornice-top
case with rounded sides, full-length door with
reverse-painted glass lower tablet depicting a
house and trees on a stream bank, paper on
wood Roman numeral dial marked Silas B.
Terry, Terry’s Ville Conn., thirty-hour, weightpowered, time and strike movement with
rounded top plates and large escape wheel,
ht. 22 1/2 in.
Provenance: Tony Sposato; Dr. Martin Baker.
Provenance: Dr. Martin Baker.
Literature: Illustrated in American Shelf and
Wall Clocks, p. 156.
$700-900
Literature: Illustrated in American Shelf and
Wall Clocks, p. 156.
$500-800
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S.B. Terry Eight-day Torsion Octagon
Wall Clock, Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1853,
rosewood veneered ogee octagon case with
printed label on the reverse stating in part,
Eight-Day and Thirty Hour Marine Clocks,
and Time Pieces. Warranted. Manufactured
by Terryville Manufacturing Company, U.S.A.,
Patented by S.B. Terry, October 5th, 1852.,
9-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial, eightday, time-only torsion pendulum movement
stamped Patented Oct. 5th 1852, ht. 12 in.
$500-700
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Terryville Manufacturing Company
Torsion Candlestick Timepiece, Terryville,
Connecticut, c. 1855, with 2 3/4-in. paper on
zinc dial marked Terryville Mfg. Co., Terryville,
Conn., thirty-hour timepiece with four-arm
balance wheel, hairspring, and regulator below
the movement, cobalt glass pedestal and
glass dome, ht. 10 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Terryville Manufacturing Company
Torsion Candlestick Timepiece, Terryville,
Connecticut, c. 1855, with 2 3/4-in. paper on
zinc dial marked Terryville Mfg. Co., Terryville,
Conn., thirty-hour timepiece with four-arm
balance wheel, hairspring, and regulator below
the movement, back plate stamped Terryville
Manufacturing Company, Terryville, Conn.,
Patented October 5th, 1852, cobalt glass
pedestal and glass dome, ht. 10 in.
$1,000-1,500
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S.B. Terry Mahogany Cottage Clock,
Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1860, the painted
zinc Roman numeral dial with alarm disc and
single winding arbor, lower frosted glass and
printed maker’s label on inside backboard,
thirty-hour time and alarm ladder movement
with pendulum, ht. 10 1/2 in.
Provenance: Dr. Marlow Olsen (5-10-88
Bourne Auctions).
Literature: Classic American Clocks, 1990
NAWCC Seminar, Houston, Texas.
$400-600
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S.B. Terry Torsion Cottage Clock, Terryville,
Connecticut, c. 1855, flat-top rosewood
veneered case, with base stenciled S.B. Terry
&Co., Manufacturer, gilt door trim, painted
zinc Roman numeral dial, thirty-hour, time-only
movement with two-bar torsion pendulum
stamped Patented Oct. 5th 1852, ht. 8 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
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Silas B. Terry Miniature Torsion Steeple
Clock, Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1855, small
mahogany sharp Gothic case, lower glass
with transfer of a meetinghouse, painted
zinc Roman numeral dial, label on case back
stating in part Eight day and Thirty Hour
Marine Clocks and Time Pieces ...Patented
by S.B. Terry, thirty-hour time and alarm
movement marked Patented Oct. 5th 1852,
with two-arm torsion pendulum and alarm on
a bell, ht. 13 in.
$800-1,200
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Silas B. Terry Balance Wheel Steeple
Clock, Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1845,
oversized “sharp Gothic” shelf clock with
full-length door, the upper glazed section
over the painted wooden Roman numeral
dial with openings for seconds and the 3-in.
vertical balance wheel, the lower with transferdecorated and painted tablet with royal blue
background, printed maker’s label inside
backboard stating in part, Balance Clocks
Invented by Eli Terry/Manufactured by Silas B.
Terry, Terryville, Connecticut, thirty-hour, strap
brass, fusee movement regulated by a brass
balance, ht. 24 1/2 in.
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Provenance: Anthony J. Sposato.
Literature: This clock is illustrated and
discussed in New England Clocks and
Watches/15th Annual NAWCC Convention
Exhibition, 1959, p. 23; NAWCC Bulletin Vol.
IV, No. 3, Whole #33, pp. 115-116; Brooks
Palmer, A Treasury of American Clocks, p.
149; Horology Americana, p. 183; and Classic
American Clocks, p. 10; Horological Rarities of
Space City ‘99, p. 28 (exhibited).
$8,000-12,000
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Miles Morse Four-column Mahogany Shelf
Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825,
the two-tier case with columns flanking the
glazed dial door over the painted iron Roman
numeral dial signed M. Morse. Plymouth,
Ct., gilt scroll and floral spandrels, seconds
bit and pierced diamond-shaped blued steel
hands, the lower section with hinged door,
veneered frame enclosing a reverse-painted
tablet depicting a town center within an oval
border of gold leaf on a red and blue ground
and an oval pendulum aperture all against a
mustard ground and flanked by freestanding
columns, eight-day time and rack strike brass
movement powered by two iron weights and
regulated by a pendulum, ht. 26 1/4 in.
Provenance: Dr. Martin Baker.
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Heman Clark Mahogany Four-column Shelf
Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1820, with
freestanding turned columns flanking the
13-in. painted iron Roman numeral dial signed
H. Clark, Plymouth, Ct., the lower section
with freestanding columns and a reversepainted tablet depicting a pond scene, eightday, brass, rack and snail “Salem Bridge”
movement with pendulum bob and two iron
weights, ht. 26 in.
Provenance: Jim West and former NAWCC
president, Doug Cowan.
Note: For related examples see Chris H.
Bailey, “Heman Clark and the ‘Salem Bridge’
Shelf Clocks,” NAWCC Bulletin Supplement,
June 1980, pp. 20-23.
$3,000-5,000
Literature: This clock is illustrated in American
Shelf and Wall Clocks, p. 202; and Horological
Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 4.
$3,000-5,000
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Edmund Wooding Column and Splat Shelf
Clock, Torrington, Connecticut, c. 1830,
stenciled splat and half-columns flanking the
full-length door, painted wood Roman numeral
dial, lower tablet of three women labeled The
Sisters, maker’s label inside case marked
in part, Patent Improved Clocks, Made by
Edward Wooding, Torrington, Conn., wood,
thirty-hour, “east-west,” time and strike
movement powered by two cast iron weights,
ht. 30 1/2 in.
$300-500
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Marine Clock Company Octagonal Gallery
Clock, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1847,
mahogany case with glazed brass bezel over
the 10-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial
marked C. Keirk’s [sic] Patent, label on back
marked Eight Day and Thirty Hour Marine
Time Pieces and Clocks, Manufactured by
the Marine Clock Manufacturing Company,
New Haven, Conn., U.S., thirty-hour time and
strike, Kirk’s patent movement with two-pallet
detached lever escapement, cast iron back
plate, all powered by a single mainspring, ht.
13 in.
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Literature: Illustrated in American Shelf and
Wall Clocks, p. 254.
$700-900
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Hills, Goodrich & Co. Ogee Shelf Clock,
Plainville, Connecticut, c. 1850, mahogany
veneered case, gilt columns flanking and floral
crest above the 7-in. painted zinc Roman
numeral dial, lower transfer and painted tablet
of a scene across a river marked Presidents
House, eight-day, time and strike, cast iron
back plate, movement housed in a brass
drum, powered by shaped cast iron weights
and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 31 in.
Provenance: Chris Bailey.
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in
Horological Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 4.
Note: Exhibited at and illustrated in Classic
American Clocks, 1990 NAWCC Seminar in
Houston, Texas.
$1,500-2,500
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Lever Time Piece Eight-day Mirror Clock,
attributed to George Hills, Connecticut, c.
1850, reverse ogee mahogany case, upper
door with mirrored dial surround on glass,
lower mirrored tablet, 6-in. painted zinc
Roman numeral dial marked Lever Time Piece,
8 Day, eight-day, dual-mainspring, time-only
movement with lever escapement, ht. 25 1/2
in.
$600-800
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J.C. Brown Mother-of-pearl Shelf Clock,
Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1850, the case with
stenciled gilt and mother-of-pearl decoration,
painted zinc Roman numeral dial signed J.C.
Brown, Bristol, Ct. U.S., upper glass with blue
and gold corner decoration, lower transfer
decorated glass depicting and marked J.C.
Brown Manufacturer, printed maker’s label
stating Forestville Manufacturing Company, J.
C. Brown, Bristol, Connecticut, eight-day time
and strike movement stamped Brewster &
Ingrahams, Bristol CT., U.S., ht. 17 1/2 in.
Provenance: Label of former NAWCC
president Amos Avery inside door.
Literature: Illustrated in Classic American
Clocks, p. 10.
$400-600
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Jerome Eight-day Keyhole Wall Clock,
New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1870, with
octagonal painted zinc Roman numeral
dial, keystone-shaped lower section with
black and gold tablet, printed maker’s label
inside stating Clocks and Timepieces Of All
Kinds, Manufactured by Chauncey Jerome,
New Haven CT., eight-day, time-only, brass
movement, ht. 18 in.
Literature: Illustrated in American Shelf and
Wall Clocks, p. 256; and Classic American
Clocks, p. 13.
$600-800
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Seth Thomas “Senora Chime” Wall Clock,
Thomaston, Connecticut, c. 1920, mahogany
case with fabric-backed pierced brass side
sound frets, full-length door with slag glass in
three lower panels, inverted pyramidal bracket
below, 8-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial
marked Seth Thomas, Sonora Chime, eightday, time, bell strike, and Senora chime on
four bells, ht. 33 in.
$1,500-2,500
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Standard Novelty Co. Night Light Clock,
New York, c. 1886, nickel-plated octagonal
base with carrying handle marked The
Standard Novelty Co., Pat. Apr. 6, 1886, New
York, milk glass dome with annular Arabic
numeral dial molded in rotates past the single
fixed hand, small oil lamp housed under the
dome provides the light, one-day, time-only,
lever escapement movement, ht. 6 in.
$150-250
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Seth Thomas Eight-bell “Sonora Chime”
Mantel Clock, Thomaston, Connecticut,
c. 1920, mahogany and satin wood inlaid
case, with a 6-in. silvered Arabic numeral
dial marked Sonora Chime, stepped molded
base, and brass bun feet, eight-day time
and quarter, half, and hour strike movement,
playing Whittington or Westminster chimes on
eight bells, ht. 14 3/4 in.
$800-1,200
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Ansonia Jumper #2 Bobbing Doll Clock,
Brooklyn, New York, c. 1890, spelter and tin
case and stand with printed Roman numeral
dial with Ansonia logo, thirty-hour, time-only
movement with the seated bobbing bisque
doll used as a pendulum regulator, ht. 14 1/4
in.
$200-400
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Pine Packing Crate from the Lux Clock
Company, Waterbury, Connecticut, c. 1920,
stenciled on two sides: Clocks Handle With
Care/from/The Lux Clock Mfg. Co./Waterbury,
Connecticut, U.S.A.
$300-500
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Smith and Goodrich Wall Acorn Clock,
Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1850, the stylized
mahogany veneered case with ebonized and
glazed dial door over the painted zinc Roman
numeral dial signed Smith & Goodrich/Bristol,
CT. U.S. and moon hands, the lower with
reverse-painting on glass depicting an exotic
lake with primitive buildings on the shore,
inside a green dust cover and business card
of a Lowell, Massachusetts, repairman, thirtyhour time and strike movement with attached
fusees, ht. 28 1/4 in.
Literature: Horological Rarities of Space City
‘99, p. 10.
$5,000-7,000
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Birge and Fuller Beehive Candlestick
“Wagon Spring” Clock, Bristol, Connecticut,
c. 1850, painted zinc Roman numeral dial
over the transfer-decorated tablet flanked by
a pair of “candlesticks,” the lower door with
transfer painted tablet with pendulum aperture
of red flowers, inside a printed maker’s label,
thirty-hour time and strike “accelerating lever”
or wagon-spring clock, ht. 21 3/4 in.
Provenance: Chris Bailey.
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in
NAWCC Bulletin #277, p. 170; also shown
in Classic American Clocks, p. 10, and
Horological Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 3.
$4,000-6,000
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Smith and Goodrich Box Cottage Clock,
Bristol, c. 1850, rosewood veneered case with
full-length door with concave frame, the upper
Roman numeral dial is framed by reversepainted and transfer-decorated designs in the
spandrels, the lower original glass in the same
manner, thirty-hour time and strike movement
with attached fusees, pendulum and maker’s
printed label inside the backboard, ht. 16 1/2
in.
$1,500-3,000
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Forestville Mfg. Company Acorn Shelf
Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1850, the
“acorn”-form case with painted zinc Roman
numeral dial signed Forestville Manfg. Co./
Bristol, Ct. U.S.A., the lower transfer printed
tablet depicting and marked State House/
Hartford all flanked by laminated side
ornaments capped with acorn finials, eightday time and strike movement with detached
fusees in the bottom of the clock and
pendulum, ht. 24 1/2 in.
$10,000-15,000
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John Hunt Steeple Clock with “Wagon
Spring,” Plainville, Connecticut, c. 1845,
mahogany veneered, reverse ogee, “sharp
gothic” oversized shelf clock with full-length
door, the upper glazed dial opening over the
painted zinc Roman numeral dial, the lower
with frosted glass depicting an American
eagle and shield, thirty-hour time and strike
movement with wagon spring and maker’s
label in the lower section, ht. 29 1/2 in.
Provenance: Herschel Futch.
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Forestville Mfg. Company Rosewood
Veneered Acorn Clock, Bristol, Connecticut,
c. 1850, with painted zinc Roman numeral
dial, printed maker’s label inside backboard,
reverse-painted and transfer-decorated
floral tablet, eight-day time and strike fusee
movement stamped Forestville Mfg. Co.,
Bristol, CT, USA, ht. 19 1/2 in.
Provenance: Herbert Nilson Collection,
Skinner, November 1, 2008, Lot 75.
$8,000-12,000
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in
Horological Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 12.
$3,000-5,000
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Joseph Nye Dunning Striking Girandole Wall Clock,
Burlington, Vermont, c. 1825, the mahogany case
with veneered front, wooden bezel over the 7 3/4-in.
painted Roman numeral dial, concentric circle hands,
carved side ornaments flanking the waist and carved
pedestal below, eight-day time and hour striking
movement with two lead weights and pendulum, ht.
45 in.
Provenance: Biders Auction.
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in Horological
Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 16.
$20,000-40,000
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Shaker Shelf Clock Attributed to John Winkley,
Canterbury, New Hampshire, c. 1790-95, the cherry
case with dovetailed flat top, kidney-shaped glazed
dial door over the 5-in. Roman numeral silvered brass
dial, lower door with oval pendulum aperture within the
recessed panel all on a cove molded flat base, eightday, time-only, step train movement with skeletonized
plates, recoil escapement, pendulum suspension from
the back of the dial and crutch assembly attached
directly on the pallet arbor, powered by a shaped lead
weight and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 26 1/2 in.
Provenance: Peter Sawyer Antiques.
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Literature: Several of these Winkley “Shaker” clocks
are discussed in the NAWCC Bulletin, August 1999,
pp. 437-451. The present clock is illustrated p. 446. A
closely related example in the collections at the Henry
Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan, is illustrated p.
441.
$10,000-15,000
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Benjamin Morrill Striking Mirror Clock,
Boscawen, New Hampshire, c. 1825, the
painted pine case with full-length door, gilt and
faux veneer half-columns flanking the stenciled
reverse-painting over the painted Roman
numeral iron dial marked B. Morrill/Boscawen,
and lower looking glass, pasted inside behind
the looking glass is a printed maker’s label
stating in part, Eight-Day Clocks and Time
Pieces/Manufactured by Benjamin Morrill,/
Boscawen, N.H., yellow-painted interior,
eight-day time and strike “rat-trap” movement,
pendulum and weight,
ht. 29 1/2 in.
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Provenance: Peter Sawyer Antiques.
Literature: Horological Rarities of Space City
‘99, p. 11.
$5,000-7,000
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Levi Pitkin Wall Regulator, Montpelier,
Vermont, c. 1800, dovetailed cherry case with
top-mounted bell, recessed pulley, full-length
case door with glazed dial opening over the
10 1/2-in. engraved brass dial marked Pitken/
Montpelier with Arabic minutes around the
perimeter, seconds at the top subsidiary dial
and hours below, eight-day time and “passing
strike” movement with seconds pendulum and
tin-cased weight, ht. 53 1/2 in.
Provenance: Skinner, Inc., August 2011, Sale
2559M, Lot 20.
Note: Pitkin was an apprentice to Daniel
Burnap of East Windsor, Connecticut, and the
present regulator is related to a movement
sketch done by Burnap in his Memorandum
book, now at the Connecticut Historical
Society. For additional information about Pitkin
please see Kenneth Joel Zogry, The Best the
Country Affords/Vermont Furniture 17651850, pp. 140-141.
$8,000-12,000
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Joseph Nye Dunning Gallery Clock,
Burlington, Vermont, c. 1825, mahogany
and mahogany veneered case with 20-in.
gilded frame enclosing the hinged bezel over
the 16-in. painted iron Roman numeral dial
and teardrop blued steel hands, serpentine
sides with swelled midsection rising to the
ogival lower hinged door and ending with the
veneered pedestal, eight-day, time-only round
plates with straight base movement, step train
and recoil escapement, pendulum and iron
weight, ht. 36 in.
Provenance: Former NAWCC President,
Donald Packard; Peter Sawyer Antiques.
Literature: A closely related clock with
identical movement is illustrated and
discussed in Lilian Baker Carlisle, Vermont
Clock and Watchmakers, Silversmiths and
Jewelers, 1778-1878, p. 125; this reference
is also an excellent source of additional
information on Dunning during his Vermont
years. Illustrated and discussed in Horological
Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 18.
$10,000-15,000
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Joseph Nye Dunning Wall Clock,
Burlington, Vermont, c. 1820, mahogany
case with wooden bezel over the 7 3/4-in.
painted Roman numeral dial inscribed J. N.
Dunning, concentric circle hands, carved side
ornaments just below the head, flat waist
section rising to the bottom ogival box door
and veneered pedestal below, eight-day,
time-only movement with lead weight and
pendulum, ht. 45 in.
Provenance: Former NAWCC President,
Donald Packard; Peter Sawyer Antiques.
Literature: Donald Packard, “Concord
Clocks,” NAWCC Bulletin Supplement #5;
NAWCC Bulletin #67, February 1957, p. 445;
NAWCC Bulletin #77, Vol. VIII, December
1958, p. 339; Horological Rarities of Space
City ‘99, p. 19 and inside back cover.
$15,000-25,000
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Joseph Ives Gilt Patent Looking Glass
Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1820, the
dovetailed mahogany box with carved and
gilt-gesso framed full-length door, the upper
section with reverse-painted tablet of a
country scene and lower pendulum aperture,
the lower a looking glass, painted iron Arabic
numeral dial and teardrop blued steel hands,
the door opens to a sponge-painted and
wallpapered interior, eight-day time and strike
iron plate, short drop movement with rolling
pinions, recoil escapement, rack and snail
strike, two iron weights and pendulum, ht.
48 in.
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Joseph Ives Patent Looking Glass Clock,
Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1820, mahogany
scroll-top case with three brass urn finials,
full-length door with reverse-painting enclosing
the painted Roman numeral dial with teardrop
blued steel hands flanked by bird’s-eye maple
corbels, reeded flat columns flank the looking
glass over the lower reverse-painting on glass
depicting a pagoda-roofed garden house and
boats, the sponge-painted interior housing
an eight-day iron plate movement with roller
pinions, rack striking, two iron weights and
long drop pendulum, ht. 54 1/2 in.
Provenance: Robert C. Cheney.
Literature: Illustrated and discussed in
American Shelf and Wall Clocks, p 227.
$2,500-4,500
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Literature: A closely related clock is illustrated
and discussed in Kenneth Roberts, The
Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut
Clock Technology 1810-1862; pp. 62-65.
$6,000-9,000
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Joseph Ives “Brooklyn” Accelerating
Lever or “Wagon Spring” Shelf Clock,
Brooklyn, New York, c. 1825-30, with 10
1/2-in. printed paper on iron Roman numeral
dial marked Joseph Ives/New York, polished
pewter bezel over the mahogany veneered
midsection flanked by two freestanding
columns, the lower box with reverse-painted
tablet depicting a rural scene on a lake, opens
to the printed maker’s label stating in part,
Manufactured by Joseph Ives, Brooklyn, Long
Island, New York, ball feet, eight-day, wrought
brass, wagon-spring, roller pinion movement
with count wheel strike, recoil escapement
and pendulum, ht. 28 in.
Provenance: Dr. Martin Baker; 3-27-91
Bourne Auctions.
Literature: A closely related example
is illustrated and discussed in Kenneth
Roberts, The Contributions of Joseph Ives to
Connecticut Clock Technology, 1810-1862,
pp. 74-76. The present clock is illustrated in
American Shelf and Wall Clocks, p. 52; and
Horological Rarities of Space City ‘99, p. 3.
$8,000-12,000
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Joseph Ives Hour Glass “Wagon Spring”
Clock, Plainville/Farmington, Connecticut,
c. 1839-41, the mahogany case with
freestanding columns capped by urn finials,
the upper section with wooden Roman
numeral dial and moon hands, the lower
section with reverse-painted tablet depicting a
Greek Revival home and fence opening to the
printed maker’s label stating in part Improved
Paten [sic] Brass Clocks, Manufactured by
Joseph Ives, Plainville, Farmington, CT., all
against a green dust paper, thirty-hour time
and count wheel strike movement with lantern
pinions, pendulum and leaf (“wagon”) spring
mounted in the top, ht. 23 1/2 in.
Literature: For additional information
about these rarities please see Kenneth D.
Roberts, The Contributions of Joseph Ives to
Connecticut Clock Technology, 1810-1862,
pp. 207-209.
$8,000-12,000
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Timby Walnut “Solar Timepiece” or Globe
Clock, Saratoga Springs, New York, c. 1865,
the scroll-top case with central turned finial
and gilt cap, printed Arabic numeral hour dial
encircling the 6-in. twelve-gore printed globe
marked on the maker’s boss Joslin’s Six
Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing the Latest
Discoveries, Gillman Joslin, Boston 1860, in a
brass yoke with North Pole facing front, lower
minute dial with Arabic numerals behind a
hinged and glazed door, eight-day, time-only
movement with balance wheel escapement,
ht. 26 1/2 in.
Note: The annual report of the American
Institute, New York City, 1867-68, describes
the Timby timepiece as “a miniature world or
model of the earth, put in motion, making a
revolution once in twenty-four hours, moved
by a superior time movement, requiring to be
wound once in eight days...” See An Empire
in Time, Clocks and Clock Makers of Upstate
New York, by G. Russell Oechsle and Helen
Boyce, pp. 136-138.
$1,500-2,500
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Juvet & Co. Time Globe Table Clock,
Canajoharie, New York, c. 1880, the tabletop
stand supporting the 12-in. terrestrial globe
with maker’s boss marked Time Globe/
Manufactured by Juvet & Co./Canajoharie,
NY, printed paper Arabic numeral dial on
the equatorial ring displaying local time
throughout the world, glass dial at the North
Pole indicating local time, brass meridian ring
calibrated in quadrants 0-90 degrees, thirtyhour duration clockwork mechanism inside the
globe wound by the feather end of the arrow
through the poles and rotating the globe 15
degrees each hour, the lacquered brass tripod
stand with turned ball pillar, three stylized
dolphin feet, ht. 31 in.
Literature: Illustrated in Horological Rarities of
Space City ‘99.
Note: In 1880, the esteemed Scientific
American highly recommended Louis P.
Juvet’s Time Globe to its readers stating
that it was “a fit ornament for any library, a
valuable adjunct in every business office, and
a necessity in every institution of learning.”
$6,000-8,000
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The Globe Clock Co. Clock, Milldale,
Connecticut, c. 1883, 9-in. globe with
twelve colored lithographed paper gores
with cartouche reading in part J. Schedler’s
Terrestrial Globe, painted tin horizon band
with world city names and reading The Globe
Clock Co. Milldale, CT. Pat’d Jan 9 1883, with
outer scale divided 0-180, inner equatorial
time ring divided 1-12 for day and night,
brass meridian ring and minute dial, attached
to a binnacle mounted black-painted steel
housing, enclosing the skeletonized double
spring movement reading L. Hubbell, with
lever escapement, all resting on a faux marble
and black-painted base, ht. 18 in.
Provenance: Chris Bailey.
Literature: Horological Rarities of Space City
‘99, p. 27 (illustrated).
$4,000-6,000
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Juvet & Company Time Globe Floor
Clock, Canajoharie, New York, c. 1880,
floor standing example supporting the 12-in.
terrestrial globe with maker’s boss marked
Time Globe/Manufactured by Juvet & Co./
Canajoharie, NY, printed paper Arabic numeral
dial on the equatorial ring displaying local time
throughout the world, glass dial at the North
Pole indicating local time, brass meridian ring
calibrated in quadrants 0-90 degrees, thirtyhour duration clockwork mechanism inside the
globe wound by the feather end of the arrow
through the poles and rotating the globe 15
degrees each hour, the lacquered brass tripod
base with stylized flower center column, and
dragon-form tripod legs terminating in clawand-ball feet, ht. 46 in.
Literature: Pictured in Horological Rarities of
Space City ‘99, p. 5.
Note: In 1880, the esteemed Scientific
American highly recommended Louis P.
Juvet’s Time Globe to its readers stating
that it was “a fit ornament for any library, a
valuable adjunct in every business office, and
a necessity in every institution of learning.”
$400-600
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Aaron Willard Mahogany Tall Clock,
Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1790, the fret-top
case with brass stop-fluted freestanding
columns flanking the painted iron Osborne
dial inscribed in gothic script Aaron Willard/
Boston, floral spandrels and oval vignette of
a classically dressed woman and putto, the
rectangular waist door with ovolo corner line
inlay, the base plinth with similar line inlay and
banding, all on a two-stage molded base
with ogee feet, eight-day, brass, hour-striking
movement with two tin-cased weights and
seconds beating pendulum, ht. 94 in.
$12,000-18,000
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Mid-Atlantic Inlaid Mahogany Tall Clock,
New Jersey or Pennsylvania, c. 1810, swan’s
neck pediment over the freestanding, brass
capital, reeded columns, Arabic numeral
painted iron dial with moon’s age in arch,
raised gilt spandrels, seconds bit and calendar
aperture, figured mahogany tombstoneshaped door flanked by reeded quartercolumns, lower figured waist panel, base with
similar figured panel and line inlay, terminating
in a serpentine apron with flared French feet,
eight-day time and hour strike movement, cast
by bell founder A. Coats Glasgow, powered
by two iron weights and regulated by a
pendulum, ht. 95 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Mahogany Eight-day Tall Clock, possibly
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, c.
1810, stepped molded flat-top hood with
freestanding reeded columns with acanthus
leaf carved capitals, painted Arabic numeral
iron dial, moon’s age in arch, sweep seconds,
and center calendar hand, raised gilt, and
painted spandrels, freestanding reeded
columns flanking the serpentine shaped waist
door with cross-banded and crotch mahogany
oval center panel, base with similar adornment
as waist door, all resting on ogee bracket feet,
eight-day time and hour strike movement, with
dead-beat escapement, regulated by a brass
faced pendulum and powered by two lead
weights, ht. 97 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Simon Willard Mahogany Inlaid Tall Clock,
Boston, c. 1815, fret-top hood with fluted
plinths and brass finials over the glazed door
flanked by brass stop fluted freestanding
columns flanking the painted iron Roman
numeral dial signed Simon Willard, with two
painted pheasants in center, floral spandrels,
moon’s age in arch, seconds bit and calendar
aperture, stop-fluted quarter-columns flanking
the applied molded waist door with string
and cross banded inlay, base with similar
inlay decoration, all resting on scalloped base
with French feet, eight-day time and hour
strike movement with false plate, moon’s
age dial plate stamped Wilson Birm on back,
powered by two tin-cased weights and period
pendulum, ht. 94 in. with finial.
$8,000-12,000
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Frederick Wingate Tall Clock, Augusta,
Maine, c. 1820, birch and maple fret-top
case, freestanding turned columns with
brass capitals flanking glazed hood door
over the painted iron Roman numeral dial
marked Frederick Wingate, Augusta, No.
181, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials,
painted spandrels with raised gilt decoration,
rectangular waist door with crossbanding,
brass capitals on turned quarter-columns, flat
base panel all on stylized French feet, eightday time and strike movement, two tin-cased
weights and pendulum, ht. 89 in.
$5,000-7,000
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Aaron Willard Mahogany Shelf Clock,
Boston, c. 1810, scroll top with reeded plinth
and giltwood acorn finial, over the hinged
upper door encasing the reverse-painted
glass tablet marked in the boss with blue
background Aaron Willard Boston, gilt and
red swag-form spandrels framing the Roman
numeral painted iron dish dial and arrow
hands, the reverse-painted lower tablet
depicting Poseidon and Father Time, with
both glasses enclosed by crossbanded and
line-inlaid frames, all resting on flared French
feet, eight-day, brass, time-only movement
with recoil escapement, pendulum and iron
weight, ht. 36 in.
$10,000-15,000
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Aaron Willard Dish Dial Shelf Clock, Boston,
c. 1820, scroll-top mahogany case with halfround moldings enclosing the reverse-painted
glasses both with lyre corner decorations,
the upper marked Aaron Willard, Boston,
the lower with a mirrored oval in the center,
painted iron Roman numeral dish dial, brass,
eight-day, time-only movement powered by
a cast iron weight, all on wood ball feet, ht.
35 in.
$10,000-15,000
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Simon Willard Jr. Patent Timepiece or
“Banjo” Clock, c. 1815, painted iron Roman
numeral dial signed S. Willard Jr. Boston,
mahogany crossbanded inlaid frames
enclosing the reverse-painted glasses, the
lower tablet reading E Pluribus Unum, the
waist glass with gilt, red, blue, and green
glass reading Patent, flanked by brass side
ornaments, eight-day timepiece movement
with step train, fillister head case attachment,
and dead-beat escapement, regulated by a
pendulum and a lead weight, ht. 33 in.
$500-700
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Abiel Chandler Mahogany Wood Front Lyre
Clock, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1830,
carved midsection with inset mahogany panel,
painted iron Roman numeral dial marked A.
Chandler, Concord, N.H., brass alarm disc,
brass, eight-day time and alarm movement,
with two lead weights and regulated by a
pendulum, ht. 38 in.
$2,500-4,500
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Abiel Chandler Mahogany Lyre Clock,
Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1830, painted
Roman numeral iron dial signed A. Chandler
above the lyre-form midsection with reversepainted glass, the lower box glass with scroll
and cornucopia decoration, eight-day brass
timepiece movement with ears on back plate
for attaching to case, pendulum and iron
weight, ht. 37 in.
$800-1,200
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Joshua Seward Timepiece or “Banjo”
Clock, Boston, c. 1830, mahogany case with
half-round moldings enclosing the reversepainted glasses, painted iron Roman numeral
dial marked Seward, arrow hands, brass,
eight-day, time-only movement powered by a
cast iron weight and regulated by a pendulum,
ht. 34 in.
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Mahogany Wall Regulator Attributed to
Aaron Willard, Boston, c. 1830, the case
with hinged molded bezel over the 12 1/2-in.
Roman numeral painted iron dial and blued
diamond-shaped hands, half-round molded
frames, both the hinged midsection and lower
pendulum access door framing the black
and gold reverse-painted glasses, eightday trapezoidal movement with T-bridge,
alternate train layout, and recoil escapement
powered by a brass-cased cylindrical weight
and regulated by a brass pendulum bob and
gilded wooden rod, ht. 50 in.
$3,000-5,000
Note: According to Paul Foley “Willard Patent
Timepieces”, Seward was a likely apprentice
of John Sawin and advertised in 1833 that
he had on hand a “large assortment of silver
watches and was a manufacturer of clocks
and timepieces...”
$1,500-2,500
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E. Howard & Co. No. 11 “Keyhole” Wall
Regulator, Boston, c. 1885, rosewood grainpainted case with an 11-in. Roman numeral
zinc dial, above the black, gold, and maroon
glass, brass, eight-day, time-only movement
stamped E. Howard & Co Boston, wooden
pendulum rod, damascened bob, and cast
iron weight stamped 7, ht. 31 in.
$1,500-1,800
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E. Howard & Co. Cherry No. 70 Wall
Regulator, Boston, c. 1890, 12-in. Roman
numeral painted zinc dial marked E. Howard
& Co., Boston, black, gold, and maroon
lower tablet, eight-day timepiece movement
stamped E. Howard & Co. Boston, 70,
iron weight stamped 70, and damascened
pendulum bob, ht. 31 in.
$800-1,200
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E. Howard & Co. 21-inch Dial No. 70 Oak
Wall Regulator, Boston, c. 1890, Roman
numeral painted iron dial marked E. Howard
& Co. Boston, above the clear glass lower
tablet, brass, time-only movement engraved
E. Howard & Co. Boston 28/14, recoil
escapement and Geneva stop, regulated by a
pendulum with damascened bob and cast iron
weight impressed “2,” lg. 45 in.
$1,000-1,500
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E. Howard & Co. No. 2 Regulator, Boston,
c. 1875, rosewood grain-painted cherry case
with glazed turned wooden bezel over the
10-in. painted iron dial marked E. Howard &
Co., Boston, black, gold, and maroon reversepainted glasses in the throat and lower
door, eight-day, timepiece movement with
damascened brass plates marked as the dial,
gilt wooden pendulum rod and a damascened
brass-faced pendulum bob, all powered by a
cast iron weight cast “2,” ht. 44 in.
$2,000-4,000
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E. Howard No. 11 “Keyhole” Regulator,
Boston, with rosewood grain-painted cherry
case, painted iron dial, lower tablet reversepainted in red, black, and gold, brass,
weight-powered, time-only movement marked
E Howard & Co., Boston, wood pendulum rod
and brass-faced bob, powered by a cast iron
weight marked 11, ht. 31 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000
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E. Howard and Company No. 5 Regulator,
Boston, c. 1870, the rosewood grain-painted
case with painted iron Roman numeral dial
signed E. Howard & Co. Boston, half-round
moldings frame the black, gold, and maroon
reverse-painted glasses, eight-day timepiece
movement stamped E. Howard & Co. Boston
powered by an iron weight marked 5, and
regulated by a damascened pendulum, ht. 28
1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Waltham Quarter-sawn Oak Regulator,
Waltham, Massachusetts, c. 1900, arch-top
case with carved egg-and-dart molding above
the relief-carved bust of Benjamin Franklin,
Corinthian capital fluted columns flanking
the 12-in. Roman numeral brass dial marked
Waltham Clock Co., with mitered quartersawn surround and glazed door, all resting
on a molded carved base, brass, eight-day,
time-only movement with maintaining power
and dead-beat escapement, stamped 889,
brass-cased cylindrical weight, 27 1/2-in.
pendulum with wooden rod and engine-turned
brass-faced bob, ht. 73 in.
Provenance: Possibly from the Suffolk Franklin
Savings Bank, Boston, Massachusetts.
$2,000-3,000
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Boston Clock Company Cherry Wall
Regulator, Chelsea, Massachusetts, c. 1885,
12-in. Roman numeral painted iron dial, above
the maroon and gilt reverse-painted tablet with
shell-form aperture, brass, eight-day, timeonly movement stamped Boston Clock Co.
Boston, and 48 on the front plate and bridge,
wooden pendulum rod, and damascened
bob, ht. 30 in.
$400-600
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“E. Howard” Astronomical Regulator,
Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1900, the
dovetailed mahogany case with full-length
glazed door, brass astronomical regulator
dial with minutes on the outside perimeter,
seconds at the top, and hours below the
center, eight-day, brass, time-only movement
stamped in Gothic script E. Howard & Co./
Boston, with dead-beat escapement and
maintaining power powered by a cylindrical
brass weight and regulated by a brass-faced
pendulum bob and wooden rod, ht. 53 in.
Note: This clock was used as the principle
timekeeper for teaching purposes at the Lick
Observatory, University of California, Berkley,
by astronomer Dr. Hamilton Jeffers.
$1,000-1,500
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Chelsea Banjo Clock, Boston, no. 178444,
the mahogany case with half-round moldings
enclosing the reverse-painted glasses, the
throat with eagle and Federal shield, the
lower of a naval scene marked Constitution &
Guerriere, silvered Arabic numeral dial marked
Chelsea Clock Co., Boston, U.S.A., eight-day,
time-only movement marked as the dial and
number above, powered by a lead weight and
regulated by a pendulum, ht. 40 in.
$400-600
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Seth Thomas Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock,
Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, scroll-top
case, freestanding turned columns flanking
the full-length glazed door, painted wooden
dial with Arabic numerals and raised gilt
decorations, lower reverse-painted tablet with
gilt border and pendulum aperture, printed
maker’s label inside stating in part Patent
Clocks, made and sold by Seth Thomas,
Plymouth, Conn., thirty-hour time and strike,
wooden movement with pendulum bob, and
two iron weights, ht. 31 in.
$700-900
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Seth Thomas Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock,
Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, mahogany
scroll-top case with three brass urn finials,
painted wood dial with Arabic numerals,
raised gilt decoration and two beehives
below the center, reverse-painted lower glass
of a country house, printed paper maker’s
label stating in part, Patent Clocks, Invented
by Eli Terry./Made and Sold at Plymouth,
Connecticut by Seth Thomas, thirty-hour
wooden movement with count wheel strike
two cast iron weights and pendulum, ht. 32 in.
$700-900
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Eli Terry Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Shelf
Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825,
scroll-top case, freestanding turned columns
flanking the full-length glazed door, painted
wood Arabic numeral dial with raised gilt
decorations, lower reverse-painted tablet
with gilt border and pendulum aperture,
printed maker’s label inside stating in part,
Patent Clocks, made and sold at Plymouth,
Connecticut by Eli Terry, thirty-hour time and
strike, wood movement with pendulum bob
and two iron weights, ht. 31 in.
$800-1,200
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Eli Terry and Sons Pillar and Scroll Shelf
Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, with
mahogany scroll-top case with freestanding
turned columns flanking the full length glazed
door over the painted wood Arabic numeral
dial with raised gilt decorations, lower
reverse-painted tablet of a village scene with
gilt border and pendulum aperture, printed
maker’s label inside stating in part Patent
Clocks, Invented by Eli Terry. Made and Sold
at Plymouth, Connecticut, by E. Terry & Sons,
thirty-hour time and strike, wooden movement
with pendulum bob and two iron weights, ht.
31 in.
$800-1,200
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Pennsylvania Tiger Maple Pillar and
Scroll Clock, c. 1830, scroll top with turned
freestanding columns flanking the door, cherry
case sides, turned finials and feet, 12-in.
painted iron Arabic numeral dial with figural
depictions of the four seasons in corners,
lower tablet painted on iron and mounted
behind glass, thirty-hour, wood, brass, and
steel movement powered by two cast iron
weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 31
in.
$2,000-3,000
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Seth Thomas Stenciled Transition Shelf
Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1835, with
floral and leaf stenciled splat and half-columns
flanking the painted wood Roman numeral
dial with floral spandrels and raised scroll
decoration in the center, reverse-painted tablet
depicting a town center, central pendulum
aperture and stenciled border, printed maker’s
label inside backboard, thirty-hour wood
movement with two weights and pendulum, all
on carved paw feet, ht. 29 1/2 in.
$500-700
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Samuel Terry Stenciled Transitional
Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1830,
mahogany case with stenciled fruit basket
splat and floral half-columns flanking the
door, painted wood Roman numeral dial with
raised gilt and floral corner decorations, lower
tablet with reverse-painting of a Greek Revival
estate, interior case label states in part Patent
Clocks, Invented by ELI TERRY. Made and
Sold at Bristol, Connecticut, by SAMUEL
TERRY., wood, thirty-hour time and strike
movement powered by two cast iron weights,
all on carved paw feet, ht. 29 in.
$500-700
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Ephraim Downes Carved Transitional Shelf
Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1830, carved
half-columns and splat, painted wood Roman
numeral dial with gilt raised decorations,
reverse-painted lower tablet of a stream side
scene, printed makers label inside, wood,
thirty-hour time and strike movement powered
by two cast iron weights, all on carved paw
feet, ht. 30 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Seth Thomas Mahogany Transitional Shelf
Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1835, splat
stenciled with cornucopias, floral stenciled
half-columns flanking the door, stenciled and
reverse-painted lower tablet, painted wood
Arabic numeral dial with floral and raised gilt
corner decorations, interior label stating in part
Invented by ELI TERRY., Made and Sold at
Plymouth, Connecticut, by SETH THOMAS,
wood, thirty-hour time and strike movement
powered by two iron weights, all on carved
paw feet, ht. 31 in.
$500-700
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Eli Terry and Sons Eight-day Transitional
Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1830,
case with stenciled half-columns, carved eagle
splat, and paw feet, painted wood Roman
numeral dial with seconds, label stating in part
Eight-day Clocks. Invented by ELI TERRY.
Made and Sold at Plymouth, Connecticut,
by E. TERRY & Sons., lower tablet depicting
a park and marked Part of Regent Street,
London, wood, eight-day time and strike
movement powered by two cast iron weights,
ht. 36 in.
$1,500-2,500
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Ephraim Downs Stenciled Column and
Splat Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c.
1830, mahogany case with stenciled fruit
basket splat and floral half-columns, painted
wood Arabic numeral dial with raised gilt
decoration, lower tablet of a young girl holding
a cat, case label inside marked Improved
Clocks, Manufactured and Sold by Ephraim
Downs, Bristol, Conn., wood, thirty-hour time
and strike movement powered by two cast
iron weights and regulated by a pendulum, ht.
35 in.
$1,000-1,500
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F. Kroeber “Maltese” Walnut Gallery Clock,
New York, c. 1890, the case with applied
turned buttons, glazed wood bezel over the
14-in. paper Roman numeral dial on zinc
marked Presented by A.D. Norton, Jeweler.
Gloversville, N.Y., spring-powered, eight-day,
time-only movement stamped F. Kroeber, New
York, ht. 28 in.
$600-800
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Brewster & Ingrahams Giltwood Gallery
Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, molded gilt
frame surrounding the 14-in. Roman numeral
wooden dial, marked as above, thirty-hour,
time-only movement, with paper instructional
label, dia. 20 1/2 in.
$600-800
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Seth Thomas Ship’s Bell Clock, Thomaston,
Connecticut, c. 1875, silvered brass dial with
Roman numerals, seconds bit, and marked
Seth Thomas, spade hands, brass bezel, and
bell mounted below, thirty-hour time and ship’s
bell strike with lever escapement movement,
all in a glazed maple case, ht. 14 in.
$500-700
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Timby Walnut “Solar Timepiece” or Globe
Clock, Saratoga Springs, New York, No.
369, c. 1865, the scroll-top case with central
turned finial and gilt pendant, printed paper
Arabic numeral hour dial encircling the 6-in.
twelve-gore printed globe marked on the
maker’s boss Joslin’s Six Inch Terrestrial
Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries,
Gillman Joslin, Boston 1860, in a brass yoke
with North Pole facing front, lower printed
paper minute dial with Arabic numerals behind
a hinged and glazed door, eight-day time-only
movement with balance wheel escapement,
interior maker’s label numbered 369, ht. 26
1/2 in.
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Seth Thomas Course Clock, Connecticut, c.
1942, 6-in. black dial with subsidiary seconds
marked Course Clock by Seth Thomas, Mark
2 Mod.1, Serial No. 21350, in a Bakelite
case mounted into a heavy metal frame with
viewing window and mechanism to mount
one of the four course cams included, all in
a hinged wooden box, ht. 8 1/2, wd. 12, dp.
12 in.
$400-600
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Chauncey Jerome Eight-day Double Fusee
Shelf Clock, New Haven, Connecticut, c.
1850, flat front mahogany veneered case,
painted wood Roman numeral dial marked C.
Jerome, New Haven, Conn., U.S., lower tablet
of a street scene marked View in Liverpool,
eight-day time and strike movement with
remote mounted wood fusees, ht. 23 1/2 in.
$250-450
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John Birge Mahogany Double Steeple
Fusee Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c.
1845, with painted zinc dial, original Fenn,
Bristol painted tablets, maker’s label inside
backboard stating in part Eight-day Brass
Clocks, Made For Sale Wholesale and Retail
by John Birge, Bristol, Conn., eight-day time
and strike movement stamped Birge and
Fuller Bristol, Conn. U.S.A., and detached
wood fusees, ht. 26 1/2 in.
$600-800
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Birge & Fuller Wagon Spring Shelf Clock,
Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1845, with painted
zinc dial marked William Beals, Boston,
painted tablets on upper and lower door,
printed maker’s label inside the case: J. Ives
Patent Accelerating Lever Spring Thirty-hour
Brass Clocks Made and For Sale, Wholesale
and Retail by Birge & Fuller, Bristol, Conn.,
with lyre-shaped, thirty-hour time and strike,
“wagon spring” movement, ht. 24 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500
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Note: The annual report of the American
Institute, New York City, 1867-68, describes
the Timby timepiece as “a miniature world or
model of the earth, put in motion, making a
revolution once in twenty-four hours, moved
by a superior time movement, requiring to be
wound once in eight days...” See An Empire
in Time, Clocks and Clock Makers of Upstate
New York, by G. Russell Oechsle and Helen
Boyce, pp. 136-138.
$4,000-5,000
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Kroeber “Noiseless Rotary No. 1” Derrick
Clock, New York, c. 1884, with circular
11-in. ebonized wood base supporting the
eight-day time and strike movement, 5-in.
black and gold Roman numeral dial, and the
black pierced wood derrick that supports the
silk thread suspension for the nickel conical
pendulum, all under the original glass dome,
ht. 21 in.
$800-1,200
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Ansonia Figural Clock “The Philosopher,”
New York, c. 1895, Japanese bronze finish
statue of a man contemplating a geometry
problem sits in a chair adjacent the clock with
Roman numeral dial marked Ansonia Clock
Co., Patented, both on a cast iron base with
egg and dart and floral mounts all on paw
feet, eight-day time and strike movement with
outside escapement regulated by a pendulum,
ht. 15 in.
$250-350
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Jerome & Co. “Flying Pendulum No. 1”
Clock, New Haven Clock Company, c. 1885,
with oak case on brass paw feet, 2 3/4-in.
printed paper Roman numeral dial, blued
spade hands, and spring-powered, one-day,
time-only movement with flying pendulum
swinging to the right and wrapping itself around
the brass rod, unwinding then swinging to the
left and repeating, ht. 10 1/4 in.
$200-400
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Jerome “Paris Model” Shelf Clock,
Connecticut, c. 1850, lower center of pressed
brass front marked Paris, 3-in. porcelain
Roman numeral dial, Botsford balance wheel
escapement on the one-day spring powered
movement, glass dome, wood base on three
brass ball feet, ht. 12 in.
$300-500
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William Hardy Spring Pallet Observatory
Regulator, London, c. 1825, the figured
mahogany case with arched hood over the
substantial 12-in. engraved silvered dial
signed at the center Willm. Hardy, Invt. et
Fecit, London, observatory marks for the
seconds chapter, 24-hour dial, outer minutes,
and blued steel hands, the tapered waist
section with glazed opening flanked by
chamfered corners reveals the temperaturecompensating pendulum with flat steel rod,
sliding micro and other regulation adjustment
screws, pendulum frame with mercury-filled
glass jar and lid, engraved and silvered beat
scale mounted to an ebony block on the
case back, the lower case on a raised plinth
with raised ebony trim, a brass seating board
supports the heavy lacquered plate, five-pillar
movement enclosed by a fitted mahogany
box, with delicate high count wheels, five
crossings and screw collets, spring detent
escapement planted on the back plate with
escape wheel mounted between jeweled
chatons front and rear, all powered by a
cylindrical brass weight with integral pulley and
regulated by the pendulum suspended from
the steel suspension spring hanging from a
heavy rectangular bracket mounted across the
tops of the plates, ht. 72 1/2 in.
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and opposite
Literature: For an extensive discussion of
Hardy regulators and his design of a detached
or spring pallet escapement and other closely
related examples, please see Derek Roberts,
English Precision Pendulum Clocks, pp. 8394.
Note: Hardy delivered his first clock, ordered
by Nevil Maskelyne in April 1811, to the Old
Royal Observatory in Greenwich, where it
stood in the Circle Room until November
1823, when it replaced Graham’s regulator as
the Transit Clock. The clock performed well at
Greenwich and public and private orders from
all over the world quickly followed. It is thought
that twenty-eight regulators were made
with eighteen being recorded. It is difficult to
determine, but this is probably an unrecorded
example. Hardy developed the first spring
pallet escapement in 1807 and is said to be
the first horologist in England to make the
epicycloidal cutters for wheels and pinions. In
1862, Charles Frodsham wrote that “the train
and wheel work in Hardy’s regulators is among
the best in England, and the shape of the
wheels and pinions makes the most perfect
gearing I’ve ever seen.”
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$70,000-90,000
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F.W. Clerke Astronomical Regulator,
London, c. 1880, oak round-top case with
glazed door and carved oak leaf and acorn
fret below masking the 12-in. silvered brass
dial engraved F.W. Clerke, 27 Lombard Street,
London, outer Arabic minutes, seconds dial
in the upper quadrant and Roman numeral
hours below all with blued steel hands, eightday heavy plate movement with dead-beat
escapement, jeweled pallet faces, maintaining
power, six-spoke brass pulley, mercury,
temperature-compensated pendulum with
regulating scale, silvered beat scale mounted
inside the case, and a brass-cased cylindrical
weight, ht. 72 in.
$5,000-7,000
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Riefler Invar Pendulum, Germany, c. 1920,
nickel/iron alloy components, bob marked
Riefler, Munchen, D.H.R. 100870, 1795.,
40-tooth rating nut with lock, pendulum hook
stamped 1795, lg. 47 in.
$800-1,200
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William Rust Japanned Longcase Clock,
Bury, England, c. 1760, gilt and green
painted japanned case with remnants of
raised decoration, arched hood with engaged
quarter-columns flanking the composite brass
dial with boss in arch reading Willm Rust
Bury, silvered Roman numeral chapter ring,
engraved center, subsidiary seconds dial and
date aperture, tombstone-shaped waist door
over the step molded base and bun feet,
eight-day time and hour strike movement,
regulated by pendulum and two lead weights,
ht. 89 in.
$1,500-2,000
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John Downes Mahogany Longcase Clock,
London, c. 1760, dentil molded flat-top hood
with inlaid stars above the freestanding castbrass Corinthian capital, stop-fluted columns,
and checker-inlaid door, composite brass dial
with strike/silent in the arch, silvered Roman
numeral chapter ring, subsidiary seconds,
calendar aperture, and boss reading John
Downes London, gothic-topped, inlaid, flame
mahogany waist door, flanked by stop-fluted
quarter-columns with cast brass Corinthian
capitals, all resting on bracket feet, eight-day,
five-pillar, time and hour-strike movement,
strap brass pendulum rod, brass-faced bob,
and two brass-cased weights, ht. 84 1/4 in.
$500-700
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Thomas Triggs Longcase Clock, London, c.
1730, burl walnut veneered flat-top case with
blind frets and engaged columns, composite
brass dial with maker’s boss reading Thomas
Triggs London in the arch, silvered Roman
numeral chapter ring, seconds bit, recessed
date dial against a matted center, and cast
brass spandrels, tombstone waist door and
two-stage stepped molded base, five-pillar,
eight-day time and hour strike movement with
anchor escapement, regulated by a brassfaced pendulum, and powered by two iron
weights, ht. 89 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Inlaid Mahogany English Longcase Clock,
c. 1815, gilt-metal peacock finial above the
faux pagoda hood with gilt painted floral,
and cottage scene, freestanding reeded
columns flanking the Arabic numeral painted
iron dial with moon’s age in arch and pattern
spandrels, string banded inlaid upper and
lower waist panels, reeded quarter-columns
flanking the crossbanded crotch mahogany
door, all resting on ogee bracket feet,
eight-day time and hour strike mechanism,
regulated by a pendulum and two lead
weights, ht. 99 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Thomas Gray Mahogany Longcase
Clock, London, c. 1790, arch-top hood with
stop-fluted freestanding columns flanking
the composite brass dial, Roman numeral
silvered chapter ring, matted center, strike/
silent in arch, subsidiary seconds dial and
boss reading Thomas Gray London, above the
tombstone crotch mahogany door, eight-day
time and hour strike movement, regulated by a
pendulum and two cast iron weights, ht. 89 in.
$3,000-5,000
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W. Wilkinson Mahogany and Oak Veneered
Longcase Clock, Leeds, England, c. 1800,
bellflower-inlaid swan’s neck pediment, cast
brass Corinthian capital reeded columns
flanking the painted iron dial reading W.
Wilkinfon Leeds, with moon’s age in arch, and
floral spandrels, seconds and calendar dials,
shell-inlaid panel above the cyma-shaped
waist door with urn inlaid center, raised
bottom panel with central and corner petal
inlay, all resting on bracket feet, eight-day time
and hour strike movement, pendulum and two
lead weights, ht. 90 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Ebonized Mahogany Rococo Chime Clock,
probably England, c. 1880, the pierced
scroll top with carved urn finials surmount
the stylized glazed hood door with carved
surround and flanked by carved buttresses
over the engraved brass Arabic numeral dial
with three subsidiary dials in the arch for
“Strike and Chime Silent” and “Whittington
and Westminster” chime selection, seconds
bit and engraved throughout the serpentine
form, with waist carved freestanding columns
flanking the glazed waist door with lattice
carving over the base panel with grotesque
mask, carving on a punch decorated surface
and ogee feet, eight-day time, strike, and
quarter-hour chime movement with nine
tubular bells against the fretted back, all
powered by three brass cylindrical weights
and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 108 in.
$10,000-15,000
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Elaborately Inlaid Mahogany Chime Clock,
America, c. 1900, pagoda-top hood over
the freestanding, stop-fluted, cast brass
Corinthian columns, fabric-backed pierced
side sound frets, composite brass dial with
raised Arabic numerals, silvered chapter ring,
silvered seconds dial within the engraved
center, cast brass spandrels, Chime/Silent and
Whittington/Cambridge Chimes subsidiary
dials in the arch, fully inlaid floral and ribbon,
crossbanded waist door flanked by brass
stop-fluted quarter-columns with cast brass
acanthus leaf capitals, inset paneled lower
section with shell inlaid ovolo corners, inlaid
classical urn and floral decoration, the base
with scroll feet and scroll apron, eight-day,
brass, three-train, weight-powered, quarterchiming on eight bells movement, powered by
three brass-cased weights and regulated by
cylindrical lead pendulum bob, ht. 109 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Carved Mahogany Nine Tubular Bell Chime
Clock, Bigelow Kennard & Co., Boston, c.
1900, egg-and-dart and bead-decorated
case with dentil molded pitch pediment hood
with wreath and swag carving in the arch,
Corinthian capital fluted double columns
flanking the composite brass dial, silvered
chapter ring with raised Arabic numerals,
seconds bit, and moon’s age in the arch,
boss reading Bigelow Kennard & Co. Boston,
beveled glass oval waist door flanked by
full-length Corinthian capital fluted columns,
terminating in claw feet, eight-day time and
quarter-chiming movement on nine bells,
brass-faced pendulum and three brass-cased
weights, ht. 96 in.
$5,000-7,000
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Thwaites Mahogany Table Clock, No. 3005,
Clerkenwell, London, c. 1805, the case with
glazed and brass beaded dial opening over
the silvered Roman numeral dial with Strike/
Silent subsidiary dial in the arch and pierced
gilt brass hands, brass carrying handle at
the top, carved buttresses at the sides and a
flat molded base, eight-day time, strike, and
repeat chain fusee movement marked 3005 in
two places and trademark Thwaites on front
plate, cut shoulders, decorated perimeter
and boss marked Jno.Twaites/Clerkenwell/
London, rack and snail hour strike, recoil
anchor escapement, and pendulum ht. with
handle down 12 in.
$6,000-8,000
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Payne & Co. Ormolu-mounted Marquetry
Inlaid Boulle Mantel Clock, 165 New Bond
Street London, no. 858, c. 1890, cast brass
eagle finial adorning the fully floral marquetry
and ormolu-mounted case, 6-in. Roman
numeral porcelain shield dial with blue
numerals, and black Arabic numeral minute
markings, porcelain center marked Payne &
Co, 165 Bond Street London 858, eight-day,
time-only, fusee movement with back plate
engraved as above, regulated by a brass
pendulum bob, ht. 20 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Gothic Rosewood Library Clock, probably
London, c. 1880, the carved lancet top with
central carved and turned finial surmounts
the glazed door flanked by bundled reeded
columns, over the silvered engraved Roman
numeral dial with subsidiary dial at the top
for regulation and lever above the twelve for
“Strike-No Strike,” pierced sound vents on
both sides backed by silk, molded base and
pad feet, eight-day time and strike, brass
movement with wire gong strike, ht. 27 in.
$2,000-4,000
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English Mahogany Bracket Clock, early
19th century, dome-top case with brass side
frets backed with glass, painted iron dial with
subsidiary fast/slow and strike/silent dials in
the arch, brass hands, eight-day, fusee, time
and strike movement with pull repeat and
back plate marked Edwards, Coleman Street,
N. 58, regulated by an engraved pendulum,
ht. with handle extended 19 in.
$2,500-3,000
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D. Monnier Mahogany Bracket Clock,
Philadelphia, c. 1815, dome-top case with
side carrying handles, restored painted iron
Roman numeral dial with subsidiary calendar
dial and strike/silent in arch signed D. Monnier,
Philada, eight-day, time and strike, fusee
movement with dead-beat escapement and
fully engraved back plate, ht. 17 in.
$2,500-3,500
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James Burke Mahogany Bracket Clock,
Dublin, Ireland, with brass handle on the
bell-top mahogany case, glazed side panels,
composite brass dial with fully engraved
center, ringed winding hole, calendar aperture,
and maker’s boss in the arch, fusee, eight-day,
timepiece movement with recoil escapement
and fully engraved back plate, pull quarterhour repeat on command on six bells, ht. with
handle extended 20 in.
$2,000-3,000
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Roskell Bracket Clock and Bracket,
Liverpool, c. 1830, ebonized, stepped, dometop case with brass inlay, pierced side sound
frets, 6 1/2-in. porcelain Roman numeral dial,
eight-day, time and strike, fusee movement
with engraved back plate marked Roskell,
Liverpool, regulated by an engraved brassfaced pendulum, with matching wall bracket,
clock ht. 19 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Morris, Tobias & Levitt Regency Mahogany
Bracket Clock, London, c. 1820, lancet
shape case with gilt-metal carrying handles,
column capitals, pierced side sound frets,
bezel, and paw feet, 8-in. painted iron Roman
numeral dial marked Morris, Tobias & Levitt,
London, brass, eight-day, chain fusee, time
and strike movement with border engraved
back plate and regulated by a pendulum, ht.
19 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500
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“Tall Orrery” Clock by Devon Clock Co.,
England, last half 20th century, the movement
powered by going barrels and regulated by
a platform escapement controls the annular
Arabic and Roman numeral chapters, the
orrery above depicts the sun and the closest
six planets, turned socle base, all mounted
on a mahogany disc and under a glass dome,
ht. 23 in.
$1,500-2,000
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Thomas Wright Mahogany Bracket Clock
with Penny Moon, Dorking, England, c.
1800, brass handle atop the broken arch case
with brass lined door and corner strips, fabricbacked pierced brass side sound frets, and
brass bracket feet, composite brass dial with
applied chapter ring marked Thos. Wright,
DORKING, finely matted center and penny
moon in center of the silvered subsidiary dial
in arch with Arabic numerals for day of lunar
cycle and Roman numerals for the high tide at
Dorking, brass, eight-day, twin fusee, time and
strike movement with pull repeat, engraved
back plate border, brackets and pendulum, ht.
with handle extended 19 in.
Note: A penny moon is usually found on
English tall clocks and is rare on formal
bracket clocks.
$3,000-5,000
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Brass Skeleton Clock, England, c. 1890,
pierced brass plates, skeletonized Roman
numeral chapter ring, eight-day, fusee, time
and drop off strike movement regulated by
a pendulum, on four turned brass feet, all
mounted on a wooden base and under a
glazed mahogany “dome,” ht. 17 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
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Walsh Pagoda-top Rosewood Bracket
Clock, Newbury, England, c. 1825, sweeping
pagoda-top case with brass side carrying
handles, pierced fabric-backed sound frets,
bezel, scrolling inlay below dial, and pad
feet, 8-in. silvered Roman numeral dial with
subsidiary simple calendar dial below center
marked Walsh, Newbury, brass, eight-day,
fusee, time and strike movement regulated by
a pendulum, ht. 18 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Japanese Inro Watch and Case, c. 1845,
turned convex dial with movable numbers and
two moving hands, rear-wound movement
with foliate pierced and engraved plates,
going barrel, four turned posts and cylinder
escapement with balance wheel mounted
on the outside of the rear plate, in Shitan
wood case with glazed brass bezel attached
to the front and removable top with key
compartment, all suspended from a cord with
a bone hook and a cloisonné bead ojime, ht.
2 3/4 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Japanese Combination Lantern Clock
and Pillar Clock, 19th century, the verge
movement surmounted by a straight-sided
bell over the balance wheel within a drum
surround, floral engraved dial plate and side
doors, dial with adjustable characters on
the revolving chapter ring with dual calendar
apertures below, fixed steel hand, all mounted
on a traditional case of black lacquer with
floral inlay of abalone, glazed slide on hood
with silvered pierced side sound frets, the
trunk with adjustable hour and half-hour
plates, time indicated by the fall of the single
silver-cased octagonal weight, ht. 55 in.
Note: Please see Japanese Clocks, by N.H.N.
Mody, plate 109, for another example of a
combination clock.
$20,000-24,000
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Japanese Shaku Dokei or Pillar Clock, c.
1850, traditional-style case of mulberry wood
with glazed hood and key drawer is decorated
with scrolling foliage in gold maki-e lacquer,
dual-sided black lacquer time scale held in
place by two silvered brackets, pierced brass
pointer attached to the lead weight indicates
the time as the weight falls, brass movement
with pierced and engraved front plate and
verge escapement regulated by a balance
wheel, ht. 16 in.
Note: This clock may have originally had
seven two-sided time scales to allow proper
timekeeping in the changeable Japanese
system.
$2,000-3,000
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Large Japanese Shaku Dokei or Pillar
Clock, c. 1850, traditional ebonized case with
removable glazed hood and lower key drawer,
time scale with thirteen movable silvered hour
markers, brass movement with floral pierced
and engraved front plate, turned pillars at
corners, and verge escapement regulated by
a balance wheel, the pierced silvered hand
attached to the wood box enclosing the cast
iron weight, ht. 51 in.
$5,000-7,000
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Japanese Shaku Dokei or Pillar Clock,
c. 1850, traditional-style wooden case with
glazed hood and lower key drawer, reversible
black lacquered time scale held on by two
brackets, brass movement with turned short
pillars at front corners, pierced and engraved
front plate and verge escapement regulated
by a balance wheel and powered by a lead
weight, ht. 15 in.
Note: This clock may have originally had
seven two-sided time scales to allow proper
timekeeping in the changeable Japanese
system.
$800-1,200
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Japanese Striking Shaku Dokei or Pillar
Clock, 19th century, traditional-style wood
case with glazed hood and key drawer, the
trunk has pierced brass sound frets inset into
the sides and time scale with movable hour
and half-hour markers attached to the front,
brass movement with turned pillars at corners,
pierced and engraved front plate and verge
escapement regulated by a balance wheel,
spring-powered striking mechanism in the
trunk, housed in a brass case, and acts as the
weight to power the time movement, ht. 20 in.
$1,500-2,000
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Large Japanese Shaku Dokei or Lacquered
Stick Clock with Stand, 19th century,
traditional case with thirteen silvered
adjustable hour markers on the time scale,
brass movement with floral engraved front
plate, turned half-columns at front corners and
verge escapement regulated by a short frontmounted pendulum, case decorated with gold
maki-e lacquer floral motif, all on a similarly
decorated stand to allow use as a floor/table
clock, ht. 33 in.
$10,000-15,000
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Japanese Shaku Dokei or Pillar Clock, c.
1850, traditional Shitan wood case with glazed
hood and key drawer, the time scale with
thirteen silvered adjustable hour indicators,
brass bird head pointer attached to the lead
weight points to the time as the weight falls,
brass movement with turned corner columns,
pierced front plate of floral design and verge
escapement regulated by a top mounted
balance wheel, all in original wooden carrying
case with Japanese characters painted on the
lid, ht. of clock 12 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Japanese Eight-day Lantern Clock and
Wall Bracket, c. 1865, a straight sided bell
sits over the top mounted balance wheel, floral
engraved panels on all four sides, rotating
dial with movable hour and half-hour markers
turns against stationary pierced steel hand,
eight-day, verge escapement, time and strike
movement regulated by a balance wheel with
adjustable timing weights and powered by
a single weight on an endless rope, all on a
Shitan wood wall bracket with a glazed hood
and fabric backed pierced side sound frets, ht.
of clock only 9 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Japanese Makura Dokei or Bracket Clock,
c. 1840, with straight sided bell above the
top mounted balance wheel, turned brass
corner columns, round, floral engraved, front
and back plates, double calendar apertures, 2
1/4-in. revolving dial, fixed pierced steel hand,
one-day, chain fusee, verge escapement
time train with going barrel strike train, all in
a glazed Shitan wood case with hidden key
drawer and brass carrying handle, ht. with
handle extended 9 1/2 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Chinese Verge Escapement Bracket Clock,
c. 1860, rosewood case with mother-of-pearl
inlay, glazed front sliding door, 5-in. porcelain
dial, pierced steel hour, minute, and sweep
second hands, brass dial surround, eight-day
time and strike, chain fusee movement with
crown-wheel and verge escapement, rear
wind and set, short bob pendulum, all on a
scroll-cut bracket, ht. 18 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Robert Houdin Swinging Glass Dial
Mystery Clock, France, c. 1835, two
patinated metal classical female figures hold
up a bracket supporting a clear glass Roman
numeral dial marked Robert Houdin, Paris,
with pierced gilt hands, all above a gridiron
pendulum with a blue, star studded, sphere
as the bob which contains the eight-day, timeonly movement, ht. 26 1/2 in.
Note: As the pendulum swings the hands
mounted on the glass dial tell time with no
apparent connection to the movement.
$7,000-9,000
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Gilt “Frame” Clock with Calendar by
Imbert, Paris, c. 1790, the Arabic numeral dial
marked Imbert a Paris with red outer Arabic
numeral date dial, pierced gilt hands and
blued steel barbed calendar hand surmounted
by an eagle gripping a floral garland and
enclosed by a bead and engine-turned dial
surround, eight-day time, strike, and calendar
brass movement with count wheel bell strike,
silk thread suspension and sunburst pendulum
bob, all supported by an inverted “U” gilt
frame with engine turned and bead decoration
rising above the four decorated cone feet,
white marble floor and applied rope edges, the
back frame of identical shape and decoration
joins the front with bold twist columns and
matching decoration, ht. 18 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000
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French Gilt and Bronze Statuary Clock of
Belisarius, c. 1830, gilt figure of Belisarius
holding a bronze helmet and staff sits atop
the clock with a fasces, sword, and shield
adjacent, the bezel of the silvered 4-in. Roman
numeral dial is an Ouroboros, the front of the
plinth are scenes from the life of Belisarius cast
in bas relief, all on gilt scroll feet, with eightday time and count wheel strike movement
with silk thread suspension, ht. 22 in.
$2,000-4,000
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LeRoy Gilt Figural Mantel Clock, Paris, c.
1830, the brass and bronze case with gilded
double winged figure is lofted by tree branches
and amidst the line decorated silvered dial
marked LeRoy a Paris with Roman numerals
and blued moon hands, eight-day time
and hour strike movement with silk thread
suspension, pendulum and count wheel, all
resting on a base plinth with a raised scene
of a classically dressed woman in a garden
being attended by a winged putto presenting
a garland of flowers, ht. 18 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Henry Marc Napoleon Mantel Clock, Paris,
c. 1840, flat-top multicolored marble case
with brass cornice topped by a bronze statue
of Napoleon on his horse, cast brass bezel
with heavy beveled glass over the 4-in. brass
Roman numeral dial marked Hnry Marc, a
Paris, eight-day movement with count wheel
strike and a silk thread suspension marked
Delauncy a Paris, ht. 19 in.
$1,500-2,000
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F. Berthoud Gilt Bronze and Porcelain
Figural Mantel Clock, Paris, c. 1860, the
Roman numeral porcelain dial marked Fd.
Berthoud a Paris with pierced gilt hands set
within a truncated classical porcelain column
festooned with floral and ribbon garlands and
flanked by a standing woman figure holding a
commemorative plaque and child playing with
a puppy, the raised marble base with applied
decoration in the frieze framed by beadwork,
eight-day time and strike movement with
silvered platform escapement and marked CR
and EM, ht. 13 3/4 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Ebonized Two-column Inverted Swinging
Clock, France, c. 1830, ormolu-mounted
entablature supported by two Corinthian
columns on a plinth raised on pad feet,
movement housed in the bob of a gridiron
pendulum with cast floral dial surround and
engine-turned Roman numeral dial, blued
Breguet-style hands, suspended by a reverse
knife-edge, eight-day time and count wheel
strike movement which swings the pendulum/
clock as it ticks, ht. 21 in.
$4,000-6,000
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Ormolu-mounted Black Marble Portico
Clock, France, c. 1850, scroll top with foliate
ormolu mounts supported by four Corinthian
columns, cast bezel with ormolu drapery
swags hanging below, 4 1/2-in. porcelain
Roman numeral dial, pierced gilt hands, eightday, time and count wheel strike movement
stamped 2, 2512, regulated by a grid iron
pendulum, ht. 18 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
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Planchon Ormolu and Bronze Shelf Clock,
Paris, c. 1840, on top a painter sitting in a
garden with a female figure leaning on his
shoulder, bronze body with applied ormolu
decoration and bezel, all on acanthus leaf
scroll feet, 3 1/2-in. porcelain Roman numeral
dial marked Planchon, a Paris, brass eight-day
time and strike movement with silk thread
suspension marked Pons, Metaille d’argent
1823, ht. 20 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Gentilhomme Ormolu Portico Clock,
Paris, c. 1850, four Doric columns support
the stepped cornice and the cast brass
bezel surrounding the 5-in. porcelain Roman
numeral dial marked M.me Gentilhomme,
Palais Royal a Paris, spring-powered, eightday time and count wheel strike movement
regulated by a gridiron pendulum, ht. 19 1/2
in.
$2,000-4,000
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Quarter-striking French Shelf Clock, c.
1850, with 8-in. porcelain Roman numeral
dial, blued steel hands with applied starbursts,
brass, spring-powered, time and quarterstriking movement with full quarter and
hour pull repeat, silk thread suspension and
a pendulum, all on a matte ceramic base
depicting mythological angelic figures, lions,
and eagles, all resting on a bun foot, inlaid
wood base, with a five-panel glass dome and
reverse-painted blue and gold star paneled
back, clock ht. 22 in.
$4,000-6,000
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Lepaute Variegated Marble Portico Clock,
Paris, c. 1850, variegated gray marble case
with four columns supporting the stepped
cornice, finely detailed ormolu column capitals,
cast brass bezel and mushroom feet, 5-in.
porcelain Roman numeral dial marked Lepaute
a Paris, eight-day time and count wheel strike
movement stamped H 59, regulated by a
temperature compensated grid iron pendulum
with a 4 1/4-in. brass encased ball, ht. 20 1/2
in.
$3,000-5,000
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Gilt Bronze and Enamel Tambour No. 1
Mantel Clock, attributed to Brocot, No.
572/110, Paris, c. 1860, the fluted top section
with a 6 1/2-in. Roman numeral dial against a
pink ground with gilt and enamel decoration
in the center of two cherubs near a winter
campfire all in a beaded brass bezel, the lower
section with classical leaf scrolls and swags,
two panels depicting the harvest and a lower
base frieze with three cherubs in a winter
scene all on flattened ball feet, the movement
of approximately two-week duration, rack and
snail strike, approximately 10-in. pendulum
and back plate stamped AB within a star,
pendulum and key, set on a raised, carved,
and gilded plinth with worn silk fabric cover
marked on the underside Tambour No. 1,
stamped DS within an oval and a paper label
marked in pen No. 572/110, and this set on
an ebonized hardwood oval pediment marked
in pencil in a similar manner to above and Mr.
Brocot, all framed for a fitted glass shade, ht.
24 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Rosewood and Marquetry Gilt-brass
Portico Clock, France, c. 1860, floral
marquetry case with brass Corinthian capitals
adorning the four columns, 4-in. Roman
numeral porcelain dial surrounded by floral
designed brass bezel, eight-day time and
count wheel strike mechanism, with cast
brass wreath decorated pendulum, ht. 19 1/2
in.
$300-500
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Pert Bally Quarter-striking Candlestick
Clock, Paris, 1875, blue porcelain Roman
numeral chapter ring marked Pert Bally/Paris
with two bells above and eight-day, quarterstriking, pendulum movement stamped
with maker’s name and mark mounted
behind, supported on a gilt cast brass oval
bead-decorated frame with porcelain panel
depicting a putto holding a bountiful harvest,
on a six-sided marble base with cast rope
edging, all on a felt and ebonized pedestal
with glass dome, ht. 16 in.
$2,000-3,000
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Waring and Gillow Gilt Figural Mantel
Clock, Paris, c. 1870, the porcelain Arabic
numeral dial marked Waring & Gillow Ltd./
Paris and pierced gilt hands flanked and
surmounted by the goddess Dianna and
Cupid amidst an array of floral garlands,
ribbons and Classical iconography applied to
the white alabaster case on reeded cone feet,
eight-day time and hour strike, Japy Frères
movement with rack strike and pendulum, ht.
14 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Bourdin Gilt Figural and Porcelain Mantel
Clock, Paris, c. 1875, the gilt and cobalt blue
porcelain column rises above the brass pedestal
with classical scene on the frieze, seated putti
contemplating the meaning of time and flanking
the porcelain dial with blue Roman numerals and
marked Bourdin/Paris surrounded by a ribbon
of garland with a bow at the top, all is capped
by a classical urn with blue and gilt porcelain
center, swags, and pineapple finial and beaded
drops, the back with two urn finials capped by
pineapples, brass time and bell strike movement
with rear plate stamped Bourdin/Paris and 6028,
5-in. pendulum and recoil escapement, ht. 18 in.
Note: The clock “finisher,” Mr. Bourdin triple
signed his work: signed on the dial, the back plate
of the movement and the interior of the porcelain
column visible only if the movement is removed.
$2,000-4,000
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Guilmet Mystery Clock, France, c. 1885, black
marble base with incised and gilt floral decoration,
cast bezel with beveled glass over the incised 4-in.
Roman numeral dial, gilt lion head side handles
and paw front feet, surmounted by a patinated
metal classical female statue with upraised arm
holding a gilt pendulum with a glass bob which
swings without an visible means of impulse, eightday time and strike movement marked Brevete
GLT S.G.D.C., ht. 25 in.
Note: Guilmet was granted a patent in 1867 for
this type of “mystery” clock. The pendulum is kept
in motion by a imperceptible movement of the
platform under the statue.
$5,000-7,000
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Wedgwood and Bisque Mantel Clock,
movement French, c. 1880, brass Roman numeral
dial with blued steel moon hands, engine-turned
center and cast floral bezel, eight-day, time-only,
pendulum movement, the case of Wedgwood and
white bisque decoration, roses outline and frame
the upper section with classically dressed maiden
holding an ample floral bouquet and surrounded
by butterflies and bumblebees, the base with floral
sprigs and set on cast brass feet, ht. 12 1/4 in.
$400-600
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Tiffany & Company Gilt Figural Mantel Clock,
France, c. 1880, the Roman numeral dial signed
Tiffany & Compy/New York, outer Arabic minute
numerals and pierced gilt hands flanked by the
conflicting forces of love and war with a winged
cupid holding a bow and an arrow on one side and
a war figure holding a spear, shield, and wearing
a helmet on the other, all capped by two mating
doves, the raised base with garland apron and paw
feet, eight-day time and strike movement with bell
strike and pendulum, ht. 10 1/2 in.
$300-500
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French Clock with Brass Corner Shelf, brass
front and side panels with etched floral design,
porcelain Arabic numeral dial, pierced gold
hands, eight-day time and strike, spring-powered
movement regulated by a pendulum, on a green
felt-covered corner shelf with pierced brass railing,
brass edge trim, and a box of the same materials
mounted below, ht. 20, wd. 22, dp. 14 in.
$200-400
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Gilt Bronze and Crystal Lyre Clock, France, c.
1890, the lyre with a sun god between two swans
holding a floral swag above the engine turned
dial surround and bezel over the 4-in. porcelain
Roman numeral dial, ornate pierced gilt hands,
floral embossed crystal base, all on a floral plinth
raised on mushroom feet, eight-day time and strike
movement with sunburst pendulum hung from the
top behind the lyre “strings” which mysteriously
moves with the ticking of the clock, ht. 20 in.
$1,500-2,000
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Large Black Marble and Bronze Egyptian
Revival Shelf Clock, France, c. 1880, black
and red marble case with patinated bronze
statues and accents, god Lamassu atop
with male and female gods flanking the 6-in.
porcelain dial with red Roman numerals,
hieroglyphs in the red marble dial surround
and lower frieze, on six bronze feet, eight-day
time and strike movement regulated by a
pendulum, ht. 25 in.
$700-900
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French Gimbaled Ball Clock on Stand,
c. 1900, the brass dial with painted Arabic
numerals and inscribed Guintanay & Co.
(?)/Habana, blued spade hands, round
French timepiece movement with platform
escapement accessed through the rear
door, the whole resting in a brass gimbaled
mount supported by two cast serpents, on a
variegated marble base with four brass pad
feet, ht. 14 1/2 in.
$300-500
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Large Equestrian Marble and Bronze
Mantel Clock, France, c. 1880, a bronze
stallion surmounts the Siena marble case
with acanthus leaf corner mounts on a heavily
decorated bronze plinth with scroll feet, the
dial comprised of Roman numerals mounted
to the front surface of the marble, eight-day
time and strike movement regulated by a
pendulum, ht. of horse 12, total ht. 24 in.
$2,000-3,000
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Champlevé and Marble Crystal Regulator
Mantel Clock and Garniture, French,
c. 1890, pitch pediment-style marble
top above the beveled glass sides and
doors, champlevé-decorated flat columns
flank the door over the 3 1/2-in. Arabic
numeral porcelain dial marked in part A. LA
Renaissance Paris, pierced gilt hands, and
champlevé-decorated bezel, resting on a
marble base with brass mushroom feet,
eight-day time and strike, spring-powered
movement, regulated by a two-jar mercury
pendulum; together with two Egyptian-style
marble and champlevé urns, clock ht. 13 in.
$800-1,200
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Lenzkirch White Marble Mantel Clock,
Germany, c. 1880, the white marble case
with cast brass latticework across the facade
with two cartouches featuring musical themes
flanking the porcelain Arabic numeral dial
signed by retailer Franz Hiess & Sonne/
Wien, the time-only movement marked in
part Lenzkirch and the serial number 792675,
brass bead work highlights the molding edges
while “Love Conquers All” is depicted by a
cupid with bow riding a lioness at the top, wd.
15 1/2, dp. 6, ht. 16 in.
$600-800
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French Gilt Figural Clock, c. 1890, ornate
raised plinth with a young hunter standing next
to the clock drum, blue-edged 3-in. porcelain
Roman numeral dial with a floral wreath
around the center, a similar porcelain panel
in the center of the base, unsigned, eightday time and count wheel strike movement
regulated by a pendulum, giltwood platform
with an “A” in a box stamped into the bottom
side, all on an ebonized base under a glass
dome, ht. 18 in.
$800-1,200
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Gilt Figural Crystal Regulator, France, c.
1880, white marble, gilt brass, and beveled
glass case with standing winged cupid
holding a commemorative plaque of a female
festooned with garlands of flowers, drapery,
and ribbons, the base with applied ormolu
and pad feet, porcelain Arabic numeral dial
with floral garlands below the numerals and
pierced gilt hands, eight-day time and strike
movement stamped Marti et Cie and LH, rack
strike and pendulum, ht. 16 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Bronze French Shelf Clock, c. 1890, the
stepped flat top supported by engaged
columns with side and front panels of birds,
butterflies, and flowers cast in bas relief, all
on a stepped plinth, brass bezel glazed with
beveled glass over the 4-in. porcelain Roman
numeral dial with recessed center, blued
steel hands, brass, eight-day time and strike
movement with outside escapement and a
pendulum, ht. 16 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Cobalt Blue Vase Clock, France, c. 1890,
the blue and gilt case with removable lid
decorated with floral sprays and brass finial,
the vase midsection with porcelain Roman
numeral dial, pierced brass hands and faux
diamonds around the bezel, round, eight-day
time and strike movement with gong strike,
count wheel and cylinder escapement, ht. 13
in.
$1,000-2,000
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Brass-mounted Alabaster Clock and
Garniture Set, Bailey, Banks & Biddle,
Philadelphia, c. 1890, flame-top and swagdecorated urn adorning the stepped top
plinth, beveled glass panels enclosing the
4-in. Arabic numeral dial with an engineturned bezel, marked Bailey, Banks &
Biddle Philadelphia, flanked by freestanding
Corinthian capital columns, stepped molded
base on four cast-brass decorated feet,
with two four-arm candelabras with central
urn and pineapple finials on base, eightday time and half-hour strike movement,
regulated by a floral-decorated center
pendulum, clock ht. 19 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000
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Marble and Bronze Diana Clock, France, c.
1890, a large bronze bust of Diana sits atop
the red marble Doric column, brass bezel
with beveled glass over the porcelain Roman
numeral dial below, eight-day time and strike
movement with outside escapement regulated
by a pendulum, ht. of statue 21, overall ht.
32 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Etienne Maxant Champlevé and Gilt Bronze
Shelf Clock, Paris, c. 1885, the dome top
with floral finial, torch-form columns at each
corner with flame finials above, champlevé
front and side panels, 4-in. embossed Roman
numeral dial with champlevé center marked
for retailer Shreve Crump & Low, Boston, all
on gilt mushroom feet, eight-day time and
strike movement marked with maker’s name
and location, intrinsic “keys” hidden by the
closed bezel pull out to wind the clock and
are marked Patented 1879 United States, ht.
19 in.
$4,000-6,000
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Double Dial Swinging Pendulum Clock,
France, c. 1825, the gridiron pendulum with 11in. porcelain Roman numeral dial on each side
of the bob, lyre-form midsection, and alternating
brass and steel rods, the fourteen-day, time-only
movement fitted with a pinwheel escapement,
one dial has three hands including sweep center
seconds while the other has two hands and the
winding square, with original hanging bracket
and threaded beat adjustment, ht. 48 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Planchon Mystery Turtle Clock, Paris, c. 1895,
No. 1402, an engraved pewter dish with Roman
numerals for hours, half hour marks, and quarter
hour ring along the inside edge holds water to
float the turtle that moves around to indicate
the time, the dish is held in a bezel atop the giltbronze hexagonal case with engraved decoration
and marked on one panel Planchon a Paris, all
supported by six prone lion feet, with eight-day,
time-only movement marked with maker’s name,
location, and serial number as above, regulated
by a silvered platform escapement, ht. 3 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Gilt Brass and Bronze Desk Clock, France,
1810, a bronze poodle dutifully holding the cast
and chased brass basket with 1-in. porcelain
Roman numeral dial timepiece on a raised
platform with acanthus leaf edging, ht. 5 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Miniature Tortoiseshell and Silver Carriage
Clock, France, c. 1880, the shell case with
silver corners, reeded feet, and folding carrying
handle encloses the 1-in. Arabic numeral dial
with engraved brass center and blued spade
hands, the rear door opens to the French springpowered movement marked French Movement
which carries a platform escapement, ht. with
handle down 4 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Continental Gilt and Enameled Figural
Boudoir Clock, France, late 19th century, the
oval enameled Roman numeral dial with gilt
floral surround and brass hands, rooster finial,
opening to the gilt full-plate fusee movement
marked Robin Paris, pierced balance cock with
diamond endstone and verge escapement,
enameled allegorical and classical figures adorn
the back and inside of the case held aloft by a
Turkish warrior on a raised pillow base with four
allegorical vignettes, gilt floral decoration and
applied masks, all on four scrolled feet, fitted
wooden gold leafed and painted box, ht. of clock
7 1/2 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Grande Sonnerie Carriage Clock, France,
c. 1890, brass and beveled glass Corniche
case with carrying handle, porcelain Roman
numeral dial with subsidiary alarm dial,
selection lever on case bottom marked Hours
Quarters, Quarters, Silent, eight-day, time,
choice of strike, and alarm movement with
repeat on demand button on top, regulated by
a lever platform escapement, ht. with handle
extended 7 in.
$1,000-1,500
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French Champlevé Hour-repeating
Carriage Clock, France, c. 1890, the brass
and beveled glass case with champlevé
handle, top, columns and lower frieze, matte
gilt dial with phoenixes flanking the Arabic
numeral alarm dial, eight-day time, strike, and
alarm movement with hour repeat on demand,
regulated by a silvered platform escapement,
ht. with handle extended 8 in.
$800-1,200
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French Hour-repeating Carriage Clock,
Paris, c. 1890, brass and beveled glass case
with carrying handle, 2-in., gold-tone, Roman
numeral dial marked A. Golay Leresche & Fils,
Geneve, Paris, subsidiary alarm dial, matte
gold dial mask, eight-day time, strike, and
alarm movement with repeat on demand, ht.
with handle extended 7 1/2 in.
$500-600
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Petite Sonnerie Carriage Clock, France, c.
1900, retailed by Black, Starr, & Frost, New
York, brass and beveled glass Corniche case,
porcelain Roman numeral dial with subsidiary
alarm dial marked with retailer’s name and
location, eight-day time, petite sonnerie strike,
alarm, and repeat on demand movement
regulated by a silvered platform escapement,
ht. with handle extended 6 1/2 in.
$1,250-1,500
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Lenzkirch Large Carriage Clock, Germany,
c. 1923, brass and beveled glass Corniche
case with carrying handle, 3-in. porcelain
Arabic numeral dial marked with name of
German retailer, eight-day time and strike
movement marked Lenzkirch, AUG, 2 Million,
43285, regulated by a platform escapement,
ht. with handle extended 9 3/4 in.
$400-500
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Tourbillion Triple Calendar and Hourrepeating Subscription Carriage Clock,
L’Eppee, Switzerland, No. 59, c. 1990,
the brass and beveled glass case marked
Sousscription Speciale-Ancaha No. 41-19671987 housing the porcelain Roman numeral
dial marked L’Epee-Foundee en 1839, three
subsidiary dials for day of the week, day of
the month, and alarm, recessed moon’s age
dial and Breguet-type moon hands, eightday time, strike and alarm movement with
tourbillion platform escapement, hour-repeat
on command, original box and operating
instructions, ht. with handle raised 7 1/4 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Tiffany & Co. Partner’s Desk Clock,
Switzerland, c. 1928, Art Deco-style brass
frame holding back to back square dials with
applied Arabic numerals and marked Tiffany
& Co., 8 Days Swiss, on a green onyx base,
ht. 5 in.
$300-500
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Silver and Enamel Desk Clock, c. 1940,
elongated oval case with dark blue enamel
panels, gold-tone Roman numeral dial marked
8 Tage, blued steel hands, eight-day, timeonly, lever escapement movement, lg. 5, ht.
2 1/4 in.
$400-800
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Tudor Oyster Date Chronograph
Wristwatch, Switzerland, c. 1998, black dial
with subsidiary seconds, elapsed minutes,
hours and date aperture, stainless steel oyster
case made by Rolex with screw down crown
and push buttons, rotating bezel, stainless
steel band made by Tudor, dia. without crown
39 mm.
$1,000-1,500
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Cartier “Tank Basculante Mecanique”
Reversible Wristwatch, Switzerland, stainless
steel case mounted in a frame hinged at the
bottom so watch can be pivoted for angling
or reversal, Roman numeral dial with guilloche
marked Cartier, blued steel hands, stem-wind
and set mechanical movement, lg. 38 mm.
$1,000-1,500
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Continental Picture Clock, c. 1829, oil on tin
depicting a biblical scene of Susanna and the
Elders, two winding arbors flanking the 1-in.
Roman numeral porcelain dial in the arch of
the portico, fountain in the form of a lion with
faux running water triggered when the clock
strikes the hour, brass, one-day time and
half-hour strike movement with crown-wheel
escapement, and pull repeat, tin signed lower
right C.L. Hofmeister..., ht. 18, wd. 21 1/2 in.
$700-900
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Small Dutch Hood Clock with Automata in
the Arch, c. 1800, mahogany dome-top case,
glazed dial door with attached half-columns,
painted brass dial of a seaside scene with
matted center and applied Roman numeral
chapter ring, in the arch a fisherman catches
a fish with each revolution of the escape
wheel, one-day, brass and iron, time, strike,
and alarm movement powered by two brasscased weights, ht. 36 in.
$800-1,200
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Tiffany Brass Desk Timepiece, France, c.
1920, round-top brass frame surrounding
the beveled glass over the gold-tone Arabic
numeral dial marked Tiffany & Co., France,
folding rear support bracket, eight-day, timeonly, lever escapement movement, ht. 8 in.
$300-500
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Tornek-Rayville TR-900 Dive Watch, c.
1965, stainless steel water-resistant antimagnetic dive watch with sweep center
second made for the U.S. Navy, bi-directional
revolving black bezel with luminous unit
indication, screw-back engraved with military
markings, “MIL-W-22176.”
$10,000-15,000
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Mahogany Dutch Hood Wall Clock with
Automata, c. 1790, dome-top mahogany
case, glazed arched dial door with ebonized
half-columns attached, composite brass
Roman numeral dial marked J.M. Weijgel,
Amsterdam, with the ticking of the clock the
angel Gabriel flies back and forth above the
moon’s age dial in the arch, brass, one-day,
time, strike, and alarm movement powered
by two weights and regulated by a pendulum,
ht. 49 in.
$400-600
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Continental Gilt-framed Musical Picture
Clock, c. 1860, oil on canvas depicting a
pastoral scene with livestock grazing on a
riverbank, and a chapel with a 1 1/4-in. Roman
numeral porcelain dial in the tower, powered by
three brass movements, the first an eight-day
time and strike, spring-powered movement, the
second with a “prayer strike” movement in the
manor of Morbier clocks, and the third striking at
a preselected hour on two gongs, with a series
of single and dual notes, the six-air musical
box no. 14043 with three pull levers for music/
hour/change selections, tune sheet attached to
backboard, ht. 34, wd. 40 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Austrian Animated Picture Frame Clock, c.
1820, oil painting on iron of a stream-side village
scene with people, dogs, and farm animals,
animated mill waterwheel turns as the clock runs
and time shown on porcelain Roman numeral
dial in the church tower, brass, one-day, springpowered, time and strike movement with silk
thread suspension, all in a gilt frame, ht. 15 1/2,
wd. 19 1/2, dp. 4 1/2 in.
$600-800
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German Quarter Striking “Jacks and Bell”
Automaton Wall Clock, Black Forest, c. 1850,
with painted iron Roman numeral dial, cutout in
arch with nest of three bells and three “jacks”
with hammers, each quarter is struck on the
two small bells, on the hour the quarters are
followed by the hour on the large bell, three-train
movement with wood plates, brass wheels, and
steel arbors, powered by three brass-cased
weights, ht. of dial 18 in.
$800-1,200
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Walnut Quarter-hour Vienna Regulator,
c. 1890, carved and applied molded case
decoration with floral crest and pedestal,
7-in. brass Roman numeral dial with silvered
chapter ring, and engraved center, eight-day
time and quarter-striking movement stamped
with monogram UCK 2303 on the back plate,
regulated by a pendulum with decorated bob,
and powered by three brass-cased weights with
raised decoration, ht. 53 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Grand Sonnerie Morbier Clock, Jura, France,
porcelain dial with applied Roman numeral
lozenges marked Cretin Fils, Morbier (Jura),
France, posted frame, time and grand sonnerie
strike movement with sweep center seconds,
simple calendar, and pin-wheel escapement,
powered by three cast iron weights and
regulated by a gridiron pendulum, all housed in a
wall hanging hood.
$500-700
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French Empire Wall Regulator, c. 1840,
mahogany case with pediment top, glazed
full-length door with square dial opening
and Gothic lancet top lower section, 10-in.
round porcelain dial with Roman numerals
surrounded by an engine-turned brass bezel,
eight-day, weight-powered movement with
dead-beat escapement and maintaining
power, with a grid iron pendulum and a brasscased weight, ht. 74 in.
$2,000-2,500
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Art Nouveau-style Quarter-hour Vienna
Regulator, c. 1890, carved and applied
molded case decoration, 7-in. brass Roman
numeral dial with porcelain chapter ring,
and engraved center, eight-day time and
quarter-striking movement stamped Made in
Czechoslovakia on the back plate, regulated
by a pendulum with decorated bob, and
powered by three brass-cased weights with
raised decoration, ht. 48 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Continental Walnut-framed Musical Picture
Clock, c. 1860, oil on canvas depicting a
river scene with a 1 1/4-in. Roman numeral
porcelain dial in the chapel’s tower, powered
by two brass movements, the first an
eight-day time and strike, spring-powered
movement, sounding the hour and half hour,
the second striking at a preselected hour on
two gongs, with a series of single and dual
notes, the musical box no. 92992 with dual
comb, full zither, and two pull levers for start/
stop, change selection, ht. 31, wd. 37 1/2 in.
$700-900
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Continental Gilt-framed Picture Clock, c.
1860, oil on canvas depicting a farm scene
with cottages and figures on a riverbank, 1
1/4-in. Roman numeral porcelain dial marked
Wurtel Paris in the chapel’s tower, powered by
two brass movements, the first an eight-day
time and strike, spring-powered movement,
sounding the hour and half-hour, the second
striking at a preselected hour on two gongs,
with a series of single and dual notes, ht. 32,
wd. 39 in.
$500-700
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Continental Gilt-framed Picture Automaton
Clock, c. 1860, painting on iron depicting a
pastoral scene with brass Roman numeral
dial in the church tower, a seated gentleman
and lady on a stone well with flowing water
automaton, another couple walking and
grazing sheep, gilded wooden frame and
spring-powered, verge escapement striking
movement with separate drive for the stream,
ht. 24, lg. 30 1/2 in.
$1,800-2,200
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Gothic Burl Clock and Writing Box
Base, late 19th century, Gothic-form clock
of burl and ebonized wood, side storage
compartments and drawers below, 4 1/2-in.
Roman numeral dial, Waterbury eight-day
time and strike movement, and a pendulum,
mounted to a burl fold-top writing desk with
floral and bird inlay which opens to the leather
writing surface, storage tray and brass top
inkwell, ht. 27 in.
$1,000-1,500
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Michael Rupp Eight-day Marine
Chronometer, New York, c. 1900, no.
1359, 5-in. silvered Roman numeral dial with
subsidiary seconds and up/down sector
marked Michael Rupp & Co., New York, No.
1359, chain fusee movement with spring detent
escapement, maintaining power, split bi-metallic
balance, helical balance spring, in a fully
gimbaled brass bowl with screw bezel, threetier, brass-bound, mahogany box with inset
brass carrying handles and mother-of-pearl
maker’s plate, ht. 8 1/2 in.
Note: The outer mahogany transportation
case and papers for cleaning and timing of the
chronometer and photos of the ship it was used
on, the Stanley H. Miner, accompany the lot.
$1,000-2,000
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Charles Frodsham Two-day Marine
Chronometer, No. 1727, 7 Pavement Finsbury
Square, London, the 3 1/4-in. silvered brass
dial inscribed Charles Frodsham/7 Pavement
Squr, London. No.1727., with seconds bit,
Wind-UP-Down indicator marked 0-56, Roman
numerals and Maltese blued steel hands, 2 1/4in. damascened plate, chain fusee movement
with spring detent escapement, maintaining
power, two-arm bi-metallic balance, helical
hairspring, and diamond endstone, all in brass
bowl with spring cushion, convex glazed bezel
and gimbals set in a two-tiered mahogany box
with retailer’s label: Solomon Marks & Son/
Chronometer Makers...Cardiff, inset brass
bands and corners, bail carrying handles,
and ivory boss marked 1727, Charles C.
Hutchinson, 154 State Street, Boston, January
19, 1925 rate certificate accompanies the
timekeeper, box approx. 6 in. square.
$4,000-6,000
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J.W. Ray Two-day Chronometer, Liverpool,
c. 1906, No. 177, the 4-in. silvered dial with
subsidiary up/down indicator and seconds
dial, marked J.W. Ray & Co., 17 So. Castle
St., Liverpool, 177, chain fusee movement
with maintaining power, spring detent
escapement, split bi-metallic balance, helical
balance spring, in a fully gimbaled brass
bowl with screw bezel, three-tier, glazed,
brass-bound, and inlaid ebony box with inset
mother-of-pearl plaque, ht. 7 1/2 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Zenith Eight-day Chronometer, c. 1925,
No. 200920, 2 1/2-in. silver-tone dial marked
Zenith, Chronometer, with subsidiary up/down
indicator and seconds dial, eight-day, stemwind, stem-set movement marked Vail Watch
Co., U.S.A., 8 DAYS, Six-6-Jewels, Three3-ADJ., Zenith, Swiss, in a fully gimbaled,
weighted brass bowl, three-tier mahogany
box, all in a felt-lined outer carrying box, ht. 7
1/4 in.
Note: Zenith in Switzerland took Vail U.S.A.
6-jewel movements and upgraded them to
15-jewels and added the up/down indicator
for military use. Although this one appears to
be upgraded the jewel number stamped on
the movement has not been changed.
$400-600
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C.W. Wilder Stick Barometer with Case,
Peterboro, New Hampshire, c. 1860, maple
case with acorn finial above the silvered
thermometer scale on right, barometer scale
on left reading Woodruff’s Pat. June 5th,
1860, and C.W. Wilder Peterboro N.H., with
vernier, housed in its original wood case with
operating instructions, instrument ht. 40 in.
$2,500-3,500
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Currier & Simpson Wall Barometer, c.
1860, mahogany glazed case with beveled
glass enclosing the silvered dials, adjustable
thermometer and vernier scales, and central
mercury tube, ht. 15 1/4 in.
$400-600
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Batty Storr Mahogany Stick Barometer,
York, England, late 18th century, serpentine
crest with egg and dart molding and floral
drop center finial, above the dual silvered dials
flanked by the central glass mercury tube,
engraved vernier arm, rope-turned carved
edge molding, terminating in a carved cistern
cover, lg. 39 in.
Note: Batty Storr was an established
clockmaker based at the Minster Gates in
York. Very few examples of his work have
survived, one of note is at The Treasurer’s
House in York.
$4,000-6,000
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Newton’s Improved Celestial 3-inch
Pocket Globe, c. 1840, twelve printed
gores illustrated with mythical beasts and
scientific instruments and labeled in Latin,
with cartouche reading Newton’s Improved
Celestial Globe, laid down on a plaster and
wooden sphere, housed in a green-painted
wood case, case dia. 3 1/4 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$1,000-1,500
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Gilman Joslin 16-inch Celestial Globe, late
19th century, twelve engraved and handcolored gores, with colored constellations
labeled and represented as stylized
mythological figures, beasts, and instruments
of science, brass hour ring at pole, calibrated
meridian ring, engraved and printed horizon
band reading in part Improved Globe Boston,
Manufactured by Gilman Joslin Corrected to
Date on wood with Zodiacal and Gregorian
calendars, all resting on a stylized, tri-foot,
cast iron base, ht. 23 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$1,000-1,500
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Merriam & Moore 6-inch Celestial Globe,
Troy, New York, c. 1854, twelve printed
gores illustrated with mythical beasts and
scientific instruments and labeled in Latin,
with cartouche reading in part A New Six
inch Celestial Globe Reduced from the
Astronomical Association London by Merriam
& Moore, calibrated brass meridian ring, and
printed horizon band on wood, all resting on a
stylized, tri-foot, cast iron base, ht. 8 in.
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Near Pair of Philip’s 6-inch Globes, George
Philip & Son, London, first quarter 20th
century, both with twelve colored printed
gores, uncalibrated lacquered brass half
meridian ring, resting on squat ring-turned
base, the terrestrial globe with cartouche
reading in part, Philip’s 6 inch Terrestrial
Globe London Geographical Institute, celestial
cartouche reading Philip’s Popular Celestial
Globe Magnitudes, ht. 9 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$1,000-1,500
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$400-600
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Horizontal Mounted Gardner’s 4-inch
Celestial Globe, c. 1826, twelve handcolored paper gores with constellation shown
within the boundaries shown by green lines,
mythical figures not represented, stars
shown by magnitude scale, Ecliptic Circle,
and cartouche reading Gardner’s Four Inch
Celestial Globe, metal axis pins at the poles
attach the globe to the original black-painted
turned uprights and the cross-shaped base,
ht. 5 1/2 in.
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Josiah Loring’s 12-inch Celestial Globe, c.
1833, twenty-four engraved and hand-colored
gores, with cartouche reading in part Loring’s
Celestial Globe Containing all the known Stars
Nebulae, The Transactions of the Astronomical
Society of London, Boston Josiah Loring 136
Washington St., the constellations labeled and
represented as stylized mythological figures,
beasts, and instruments of science, brass
hour pointer, and meridian ring, engraved and
printed horizon band on wood with Zodiacal
and Gregorian calendars, all resting on a “X”form stretcher with turned legs, ht. 17 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$1,500-2,000
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$400-600
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James Wilson 13-inch Celestial Globe, c.
1837, twelve engraved and hand-colored
gores and calottes, with cartouche reading
in part Wilson’s New Thirteen Inch Celestial
Globe Containing the positions of nearly 7000
Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, By C. Lancaster
1837 Albany St. N.Y., the constellations
labeled and represented as stylized
mythological figures, beasts, and instruments
of science, brass hour pointer, and brass
meridian ring, engraved and printed horizon
band on wood with Zodiacal and Gregorian
calendars, all resting on a red-stained “X”-form
stretcher with turned legs, ht. 17 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$3,000-5,000
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J. Forest 2-inch Terrestrial Globe, Paris,
early 20th century, twelve chromolithographed
paper gores with cartouche reading Globe
Terrestre Dresse par J. Forest 17 rue de Buci
Paris, continents identified in French, resting
on a black-painted and turned base, ht. 5 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$100-150
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J. Forest 12-inch Celestial Globe, for the
Spanish market, late 19th/early 20th century,
twelve chromolithographed printed gores with
calottes, constellations indicated in Spanish,
cartouche reading in part, Esfera Celeste
Trazada sequin los ultimos des cumbrimientos
Por J. Forest Geografo 17 Calle Sequier 17,
resting on a turned, black-painted base, ht.
21 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$200-250
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Near Pair of Philip’s 6-inch Globes, George
Philip & Son, London, first quarter 20th
century, both with twelve colored printed
gores, uncalibrated lacquered brass half
meridian ring, resting on turned bulbous
stems and molded circular base, the terrestrial
globe with cartouche reading in part, Philip’s
6 inch Terrestrial Globe London Geographical
Institute, celestial cartouche reading Philip’s
Popular Celestial Globe Magnitudes, ht. 11
1/2 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$400-600
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H. Schedler’s 12-inch Celestial Globe,
Jersey City, New Jersey, c. 1868, the twelve
engraved and hand-colored gores laid on a
wooden sphere with cartouche reading in part,
H. Schedler’s Celestial Globe Exhibiting all the
stars visible to the naked eye up to the sixth
magnitude, the constellations labeled and
represented as stylized mythological figures,
beasts and instruments of science in red,
brass meridian ring, hour circle, engraved and
printed horizon band on wood with calendar,
all resting on a stylized tri-foot pine base, ht.
20 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$800-1,200
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Henry Bryant Celestial Indicator, Hartford,
Connecticut, c. 1872, the dual indicator
showing armillary and orrery models with the
brass sun centering the adjustable wooden
known planets, revolving moon sphere and
paper-covered earth, armillary sphere showing
the planetary orbits, paper zodiac band of
constellations on inner band and instructional
label on outer band, resting on a cast iron
base with original gilt pinstriping, housed in
its original crate with stenciling reading in
part One Celestial Indicator from the Bryant
Celestial Indicator Company, with original
“Testimonials,” and pamphlet, instrument ht.
18 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$7,000-9,000
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Nathaniel Hill 2 1/2-inch Pocket Globe, c.
1754, twelve printed gores laid down on a
plaster and wooden sphere, illustrating the
Northwest portion of America as “Unknown
Parts,” cartouche reading A New Terrestrial
Globe by Nath Hill 1754, fish-skin-covered
wood case lined with twelve hand-colored
printed gores of the celestial maps, housed in
a custom glass and lead case.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$5,000-7,000
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Geared Tellurian Attributed to W.
Jones, London, 19th century, multigeared mechanism with central brass ball
representing the sun, bone sphere with
longitude and latitude lines representing the
earth, the bone moon rotating around the
engraved paper moon phase dial, and Zodiac
ring, engraved hand-colored paper dial laid
down on a 9-in. plate, showing the Gregorian
and Zodiacal calendars.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$7,000-9,000
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Fr. J. Berg Tellerium, Sweden, c. 1870, with
a geared 2 3/4-in. terrestrial globe made up
of eighteen gores, cartouche reading in part
Jordglobe, white painted-wood moon ball
on the arm, cast iron base with brass candle
stick centering the paper calendar, concave
reflector, and “S”-shaped handle, lg. 25 in.
$1,500-2,500
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Ernst Schotte & Co. Orrery, Germany, c.
1870, brass sun ball atop central shaft, nine
black-painted iron planetary arms with painted
wooden planets and moons on wire arms,
Saturn with rings and eight moons, Jupiter
with five moons, Mars with two moons,
painted blue Earth with its moon, colored
circular paper horizon plate reading in part
Ernst Schotte & Co. Berlin, W Geographisch
artistische Anstalt with Zodiacal and Gregorian
calendar, and outer scales, days of the month
and seasons, separate smaller subsidiary dial
showing days of the month, all resting on a
cast iron tulip-form base, geared mechanism
with turning handle, ht. 15 1/2 in.
$15,000-25,000
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Mechanical Slide Orrery No. 1, Wilkinson
Optician, Sunderland, 19th century, mahogany
plank having a pierced geared wheel showing
the planets, and is turned by a threaded
handle allowing the planets to rotate, label
reading No 1 The Solar System, showing
the Revolution of all the Planets with their
Satellites round the sun, and plank marked
with Wilkinson Optician Sunderland, lg. 7, wd.
4 3/8 in.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$300-500
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W. Jones Planetarium or Orrery, London,
19th century, lacquered brass planetarium
with 1-in. dia. sun and seven arms supporting
turned bone planets and their moons
on separate rings, with threaded mount,
engraved paper dial exhibiting the longest
and the shortest days, the Autumnal and the
Vernal Equinoxes, months of the Gregorian
and Zodiacal calendars by name and symbol,
marked A New Portable Orrery, Invented
and Made by W. Jones and Sold by him in
Holborn, London, laid down on a 7 1/2-in. oak
base, with old dovetailed carrying case.
Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
$7,000-9,000
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Trippensee Planetarium, Trippensee Mfg.
Co., Detroit, Michigan, no. 10378, with 3-in.
terrestrial globe made up of twelve gores,
black- and white-painted wood moon ball,
geared and chain-drive mechanism on maple
arm with maker’s plaque, spinning and rotating
around 5-in. yellow plastic sun and circling
black-and-white Venus, on turned column to
stepped patinated-metal base with circular
calendar, wd. 22 in.
$800-1,200
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Laing’s Planetarium, Essex, Ontario, c.
1896, with 3-in. terrestrial globe made up of
twelve gores, cartouche reading American
Globe and School Supply Co., black- and
white-painted wood moon ball, geared and
chain-drive mechanism on walnut arm with
maker’s plaque reading Laing’s Planetarium
Pat’d August 27, 1896 A. Laing, Essex Ont.,
spinning and rotating around a gilt 4 1/2-in.
sun and circling Venus, on turned column to
stepped wooden base, wd. 17 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Four-vial Sand Glass, late 17th century,
four glass vials joined by colored twine, and
containing light color sand, the dark-stained
casing with five carved supports, serpentine
fretwork, and shaped back fret, ht. 10, wd. 9,
dp. 2 1/2 in.
$3,000-5,000
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Johann Schrettegger Universal Equinoctial
Sundial, Germany, 18th century, octagonal
foliot engraved brass frame with hinged hour
ring with Arabic numerals, and latitude arc,
spring-mounted gnomon, 1-in. compass
dial with blued steel hands set under the
glazed aperture, bottom engraved Johan
Schrettegger in Ausburg, dia. 2 in.
$500-700
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George Wilson Mahogany Nocturnal, late
18th/early 19th century, with a central brass
sighting hole, rotating volvelle with handcarved scale divided 1-12 and pointer finger,
circular section with hand-carved abbreviated
months, rotating index arm, reverse side
reads George Wilson Maker & Owner, pierced
“A”-shaped handle terminating in a half moon,
instrument lg. 8 1/4 in.
$5,000-7,000
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English Boxwood Nocturnal, late 19th
century, rotating volvelle with shaped guide
pointers marked GB and LB for “Ursa Major
and Ursa Minor,” circular section is stamped
with scales on the front side for date, hour,
lunar age, and polar distance, compass rose
on rear, with tide chart scale, pierced heart
designed handle, central brass sight, lg. of
instrument 10 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Brown-painted Sand Glass, 19th century,
molded ring-turned end plates connected
by three turned columns, encasing the large
colorless glass bulb with white sand, ht. 12
1/2 in.
$300-500
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Samuel Thaxter Chestnut Sand Glass,
State Street, Boston, ring-turned end plates,
the top plate with partial label reading Thaxter
State Street Boston, connected by four turned
columns, encasing the colorless glass bulb
with gray sand, ht. 4 1/2 in.
$500-700
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H. Hemsley 12-inch Ebony Octant, 19th
century, London, brass index arm with bone
vernier scale from 0-20 with thumbscrew
lock, arc reading 0-95, cross-arm bone boss
reading as above, sighting pinnula, horizon
mirror, and sunshades, small bone note
plaque on rear, housed in a fitted mahogany
case.
$800-1,200
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Elias Allen 9-inch Brass Sector, London,
c. 17th century, engraved brass arms with
central rule-joint hinge and stabilizing bar,
engraved on inner edge Elias Allen Fecit.
$300-500
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English Brass Universal Equinoctial Ring
Dial, 18th/19th century, meridian ring divided
0-90-0 on one side with 0-90 declination scale
on the other, sliding bridge and suspension
loop with tightening screw, equinoctial ring
divided I-XII-I, bridge with sliding pinhole and
Zodiacal calendar scale, dia. 5 1/4 in.
$1,500-2,000
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Brass Horary Quadrant and a Sector,
England and France, 19th century, quadrant
with incised lines and punched characters,
calendar scale, radius marked 0-90, and two
sighting holes, 4 1/4-in. radius; sector with
two arms, one marked Pigeon a Commune
affranchie Les Cordes, engraved north star at
hinge, lg. 6 3/4 in.
$300-500
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19th Century Bone Divider Compass and
Cased Drafting Set, Europe, with 3 1/2-in.
incised arms, brass thumbscrews, and arrowshaped points; set of brass and steel drafting
instruments in a tooled leather-wrapped case
with a fitted interior marked No. 4, compass
lg. 6 in.
$300-500
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17-inch Mahogany Octant, early 19th
century, with bone scale calibrated 0-90, index
arm with brass read-out, locking thumbscrew,
and bone vernier divided 10-15-5-15,
sighting pinnula, mirror magnifier, sun shades,
unmarked maker’s plaque on cross arm,
housed in a walnut case with label reading
in part Robert King Mathematical Instrument
Maker No 212 Front Street, New York.
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W&S Jones Brass Pocket Sextant,
Holborn, London, 19th century, 2 3/4-in.
brass instrument marked W&S Jones Holborn
London, with silvered scale, index arm with
fine adjustment knob, sighting scope, and
magnifying arm, screw-fit cover with engraved
division scales.
$200-400
Note: Reportedly from Barnstable,
Massachusetts, with handwritten note
including owners and registration date of July
14, 1819; “From original documents in New
Bedford Customs House.”
$1,500-2,500
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Brass Pocket Sextant by Cary and a
Boxwood Gunter’s or Gunner’s Rule, 19th
century, 3-in. brass instrument marked Cary
London, with silvered scale, index arm with
fine adjustment knob, sighting scope, and
screw-fit cover; the 12-in. boxwood Gunter’s
rule with reduction scales and rules.
$500-700
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Carol Eduard Kraft 4-inch Expedition
Surveyor’s Sextant, Vienna, mid-19th
century, brass “A”-frame sextant with arc
reading 0-140, index arm with vernier, and
engraved C.E Kraft in Wien, sighting scope
and adjustable horizon mirror, two steel
plotting or divider points, one formed from
the arc, the other from the index arm, original
blued screws, and ebony handle.
$1,500-2,000
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H. Hunt Pocket Sextant and a Thomas
Jones Boxed Miniature Sextant, Europe,
late 19th century, H. Hunt 2 1/4-in. dia.
brass sextant with silvered scale and vernier,
magnifier arm, and retractable eyepiece, case
lid engraved A.L. Perrier C.E. to J.J. Whitty
C.E.; brass 3 1/4-in. radius skeletonized
sextant engraved Thomas Jones 62 Charing
Crofs London, arc scale from 0-150, sliding
index arm with vernier marked 24, and
horizon mirror, housed in a mahogany fitted
box stamped with retailer Hudson & Son
Greenwich on exterior and interior.
$400-600
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Charles C. Hutchinson 4-inch Refractor
Telescope, Boston, late 19th century, 50-in.
leather-wrapped main tube marked Charles
C. Hutchinson Boston on the ocular collar
with rack-and-pinion focusing, 11-in. finder’s
scope, mounted on a walnut tripod, carrying
case with compass label reading in part Chas.
C. Hutchinson Nautical Instruments, with
additional eyepieces.
$1,500-2,500
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Harrison & Co. 4-inch Refractor Telescope,
Montreal, Canada, late 19th century, 57-in.
brass main tube marked Harrison & Co
Montreal on the ocular collar with rackand-pinion focusing, 21-in. main eye tube,
mounted on an oak tripod with shaped legs,
carrying case with label reading in part Handle
With Care Harrison & Co..
$1,500-3,000
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J.D. Potter Anodized Brass Sextant,
London, mid-19th century, brass arc with
silvered scale marked 0-160, pierced frame
engraved Potter London, index arm with
vernier, magnifier, and thumbscrew, horizon
mirror, eyepiece, and ebony handle, all housed
in a fitted dovetailed mahogany box with
additional eyepiece, and label reading in part:
Hydrometer and Mathematical Instrument
Maker J.D. Potter Successor to R.B. Bate 31
Poultry, London.
$800-1,200
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L. Casella 7-inch Brass Sextant, London,
19th century, pierced frame with silvered scale
marked 0-160, engraved below L. Casella
Makers to the Admiralty London, index arm
with magnifier and vernier, horizon mirror and
sunshades, and wood handle, four additional
eyepieces, all in a fitted mahogany case with
brass bail handle.
$400-600
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Richard Patten & Son Brass Surveyor’s
Compass, Baltimore, Maryland, 19th century,
5 1/2-in. silvered dial marked Richard Patten
& Son Baltimore Md., cardinal points in block
lettering, fleur-de-lis representing north, outer
scale divided in four quadrants, dual bubble
levels, and sighting vanes, all housed in a
fitted walnut case, instrument lg. 13 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
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B. Pike & Son Brass Surveyor’s Compass,
19th century, 518 Broadway, New York, 4 1/4in. silvered dial with cardinal and intercardinal
points, fleur-de-lis representing North,
engraved as above, dual bubble levels, and
sighting arms.
$400-600
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C. Plath 7-inch Sextant, Hamburg, Germany,
with pierced frame, inset silvered brass scale
calibrated 0-155, marked C. Plath Hamburg,
index arm, adjustable magnifier, vernier scale
marked 0-10, multiple sun shades, horizon
mirror, eyepieces, and a rosewood handle,
all in a fitted mahogany box with German C.
Plath manual.
$400-600
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Surveyor’s Theodolite by L. Casella with
Burt’s Patent Solar Attachment, London,
no. 5191, brass and gun metal finish, 2 1/4in. silvered dial signed L. Casella, London,
5191, needle ring calibrated 0-360, cardinal
points in block lettering, horizontal plate with
dual verniers and magnifiers, twin “A”-frames
supporting a 12-in. telescope and silvered half
circle calibrated 0-100 in two quadrants, the
solar attachment with horizontal silvered hour
circle calibrated 0-12 in two quadrants and 4
1/2-in. declination arc with vernier read-out,
tri-foot leveling base and walnut fitted carrying
case and accessories, with wood tripod,
instrument ht. 14 in.
$2,000-4,000
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E.S. Ritchie U.S.S. Constellation Ship’s
Binnacle, U.S. Navy Yard, California, c.
1868, octagonal brass tapered hood with five
glass panels, finial ring plate engraved U.S.
Navy Yard California, sits atop the mahogany
octagonal paneled box housing the 7 1/2-in.
gimbaled wet-card compass marked E.S.
Ritchie Boston, patent dates 1862, 1863,
1866, and 1868 on the outer ring, bulbous
ring-turned center pedestal resting on the
brass-wrapped undulating triangular base, ht.
52 in.
Provenance: The collection of the Valley Forge
Historical Society.
Note: On loan to the U.S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Maryland, from 1954 to 1988.
$400-600
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E.S. Ritchie & Sons Boxed Ship’s
Compass, retailed by T.S. & J.D. Negus, New
York, 7-in. gimbaled wet card compass with
bezel reading E.S. Ritchie 80474 Boston,
and center marked with retailer, housed in a
red-stained walnut slant-lid case with hinged
lid having two sliding viewing doors, original
brass tag reading Negus New York, and
removable brass oil lamp on the side, box wd.
14, dp. 12 1/2, ht. 13 1/4 in.
$500-700
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Robert Merrill Gimbaled Compass, New
York, 19th century, 6 1/2-in. dry card compass
with cardinal points, fleur-de-lis representing
north, and marked Robert Merrill New York,
with brass gimbal adjustment balance at
center, housed in its original dovetailed wood
box.
$500-700
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Thomas Wilfred’s “Clavilux Junior,” Clavilux
Laboratories, New York, May 1930, walnut
veneered Art Deco cabinet housing the
convex white screen, upper and lower colored
bulbs in the upper section of the cabinet,
bottom section with remote control, pierced
disc turntable to allow light to filter through
for projection of colored glass discs, light
projection tube, and disc storage, original
typed label reading The Clavilux Junior Model
P.X K 100-CW Patented #85 May 1930 This
instrument sold for amateur use only. It can
not be used for lecturing, advertising or for
any public display. Thomas Wilfred, clear 8-in.
glass disc with five various prism shapes, six
colored disc with labels reading in part Clavilux
Junior with record numbers OP 72 through OP
76, six clear glass discs, cabinet ht. 68 in.
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Two Boxed Artificial Horizons, London,
first quarter 20th century, an anodized and
glass tent-form example marked on one side
Negretti & Zambra London and the other side
Schnabl Y Ca Buenos Aires, cast iron base
and brass dispenser; and a black rectangular
glass plate marked Cary London 7/17, with
three adjustable feet; both in fitted wood
boxes.
$300-500
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Cased “Tycos” Barometer and Compass
Set, late 19th century, brass 2-in. dia.
instruments with silvered barometer dial
marked Compensated “Tycos” Short & Mason
on dial with inner scale from 20-31, compass
with cardinal and intermediate points, and a
bone thermometer in Celsius and Fahrenheit
readings, all in a fitted crosshatch-decorated
leather case with silk and velvet lining, case
wd. 5 3/4 in.
$200-400
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Thos. Walker & Son Taffrail Log and
“Cherub” Ship’s Log, Birmingham, England,
late 19th century, 3-in. enameled dial
instrument marked Walker’s “Cherub” Mark III,
with outer dial from 10-100 and two subsidiary
dials, on a gimbaled mounting bracket, taffrail
log with four fins each marked T.W. Cherub
with an anchor.
$400-600
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George M. Phelps Weight-driven Register,
for the American Telegraph Co., 19th century,
pierced lacquered brass body with clockwork,
weight-driven mechanism, stamped G.M
Phelps Maker 570 and AM. TEL CO., attached
to a mahogany and cast iron bed, with early
roll of tape and key, lg. 13 1/2 in.
Provenance: The collection of Jay Gaynor.
$500-700
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Edison Bipolar Electric Fan and Battery
Box, Edison MFG. Co., Orange, New Jersey,
c. 1898, cast iron tripod base and housing,
fixed and rotating coils, four brass blades,
original gilt pinstriping and plaque with serial
number reading 10686, oak battery box with
instruction label underneath lid, and colorless
glass bottle reading in part Special Battery Oil,
box lg. 25 1/2 in.
$2,500-3,500
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Note: The Clavilux, developed in the early
1920s by Thomas Wilfred, was the first and
most famous experimental color-instrument,
at that time referred to as “Lumia.” The
Clavilux employed several projectors and
filters that allowed light to dance across the
screen which was controlled by a keyboard or
console comprising of sliders. A complicated
arrangement of prisms that could be twisted
or distorted on a plane in front of the
light source with the color strength being
manipulated by separate rheostats which was
operated by the performer or artist. Introduced
in New York in 1922, in 1925 the Clavilux
went on an extensive recital tour throughout
the Unites States, Canada, and Europe, with
some comparing the performance or display
to the Aurora Borealis, or “music for the eye.”
The Art Institute of Light was set up by
Wilfred at the Grand Central Palace in New
York where he gave regular performances up
until WWII. After WWII, Museum of Modern
Art (MoMA) curator Dorothy Miller included
Wilfred’s “Lumia” or “light played by key” in the
1952 exhibition titled Fifteen Americans, which
also included Jackson Pollock and Mark
Rothko. More recently, his work was included
in Terrence Malick’s movie Tree of Life in 2011.
For more information please see Ken
Peacock’s article in Leonard, November 1991;
Jen Graves in The Stranger, 2014.
$3,000-5,000
Mechanical Music
& Automata
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Vichy Pierrot Serenading the Moon, Gustav
Vichy, Paris, France, c. 1890, sitting on a
raised gilt and velvet covered plinth, whitefaced Pierrot dressed in black tights, sandcolored waistcoat with pleated collar, pearl
buttons and cap plays his mandolin while
nodding and moving his head back and forth
to the music while the captivated moon
listens intently, Pierrot periodically looks over
at the moon, sticks out his tongue and the
moon responds by closing his lower lip and
seemingly falling asleep, original printed label
under the figures listing the two airs, all on a
wooden pedestal and under a glass dome, ht.
without dome 22 1/2, ht. with dome 26 in.
$40,000-60,000
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Fruit Seller Automaton, Gustav Vichy, Paris,
France, c. 1870, a black magician dressed
in a red silk waistcoat, gold ruffled shirt, and
red velvet trousers stands holding a brass
tray with an apple, a pear, and a peach, when
the clockwork movement is activated, music
begins and the magician turns his head,
blinks his eyes and watches as the center
pear opens to reveal figures dancing, then
the peach opens to a white mouse running
in circles, and finally the last opens to a
monkey’s head looking to and fro, opening
and closing his mouth while comically blinking
his eyes, all on a slightly raised plinth with
silvered plate stating in part Aux Enfants
Guiton Fab.Sages/...Paris, ht. 27 1/2 in.
Note: For a closely related example, see
Christian Bailly, Automata, The Golden Age,
1848-1914, p. 73.
$25,000-45,000
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Little Boy in Dunce’s Cap Automaton,
Gustav Vichy, Paris, France, c. 1900, the
brown-eyed child dunce sitting on a bench
with his lunch basket, wearing his dunce
cap, silk shirt, velvet vest, striped pants and
socks, and tattered black shoes, holding
a handkerchief in his right hand and a
mathematics book in his left, when wound
and activated, the single tune begins and the
boy nods and moves his head back and forth,
swinging his outstretched leg and moving his
bisque hand and handkerchief to his mouth as
if prompting a sneeze, ht. 19 1/2 in.
Note: For a closely related example, please
see Christian Bailly, Automata, The Golden
Age, 1848-1914, p. 104.
$8,000-12,000
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Magician Mechanical Picture, c. 1900, the
lithographed cardstock image of a magician
on stage, when mechanically wound, he
alternately lifts two black sheets of card while
he covers and uncovers his head, this causes
his head to miraculously appear on his neck
and then in the box on his table, all while a
balcony audience member applauds and a
dastardly character in the lower audience
turns his head to and fro, framed ht. 28 1/2,
wd. 20 in.
$10,000-15,000
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“Mechanical Life Picture” Automaton of
President Grover Cleveland, J. Ottmann
Lithographing Co., New York, c. 1900,
colored lithographed cardboard scene of
Cleveland and his wife fishing along a brook,
both figures with animated heads, right arms,
and fishing rods, a small African American
boy pops out of the cluster of rocks in the
bottom left corner, President Cleveland with
swarming mosquitoes around him, and a herd
of onlooking deer in the background, signed
bottom right J. Ottmann N.Y., in a gilt-gesso
frame, brass clockwork mechanism with
weighted steel rods, sliding rear panel with
original directions label, wd. 13 3/4, ht. 13 1/2,
dp. 5 in.
Note: President Cleveland and his wife,
Frances Clara Folsom, honeymooned in Deer
Park, Maryland. Life magazine from August
1886 includes illustrations of the two fishing
while on that trip. This lot may depict the pair’s
activity during that stay.
$1,000-1,500
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Nicole Frères Six-tune Grand Format
Overture Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland,
c. 1860, serial no. 36804, Gamme no. 1391,
rosewood veneered and grain-painted case
with decorative brass stringing, enameling,
and mother-of-pearl inlay on case front and
lid, housing 21 x 4-in. brass cylinder playing
six overtures, dual combs, bedplate marked
36804 and Nicole Frères A Geneve, silver
plaque under lid reading in part 6 ouvertures
Grand Format Gma 1391 N 36804 with the list
of six tunes, wd. 33, ht. 9, dp. 11 1/2 in.
Note: Tunes listed are “L’Italienne a Alger” and
“Tancrede” by Rossini, “Figaro” by Mozart,
“D.I. Puritani” by Bellini, “Cheval de Bronze” by
Auber, and “Fidelio” by Beethoven.
$40,000-60,000
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Piccolo Twelve-air Cylinder Musical Box,
Switzerland, c. 1890, no. 24095, 17-in.
cylinder, dual comb, damascened zither,
jeweled flywheel, start/stop and change/repeat
levers, tune sheet attached to underside of lid,
all housed in a rosewood veneered and grainpainted, inlaid and marquetry box, lg. 27 in.
$800-1,200
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Ten-air Swiss Musical Box, c. 1890, the
faux rosewood case with stringing and ebony
trim, ten-air tune sheet under the lid marked
Made in Switzerland and listing selections by
Strauss, Genee, Tucker and Williams, 6-in.
cylinder and single comb, tune selector and
crank wind, lg. 16, dp. 8, ht. 5 in.
$300-500
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Interchangeable Cylinder Musical Box,
retailed by Milikin & Lawley, London, six 11in. cylinders, each playing six tunes, single
comb, jeweled flywheel, full-length zither,
components stamped 68, start/stop and
change/repeat levers, tune sheet attached
to underside of lid, housed in an inlaid burl
walnut and ebonized case, lg. 29 1/2 in.
$2,500-4,500
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Polyphon 15-inch Disc Musical Box, no.
150, gilt cast decorated bedplate reading
Polyphon with crosshatched center and
beaded frame decoration, “tempo-regulator”
switch, dual comb, star-wheel construction
and decorated pressure bar, lithographed
castle scene reading Polyphon in gilt lettering
on underside of lid, elaborately carved and
inlaid dome-top case with turned corner
columns and applied molding, start/stop pull
on side, wd. 22 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000
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removed within three (3) days from the date of sale, at the option of Skinner, Inc. (a) Skinner Inc., may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly storage
charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or portion of a lot not removed within the three days, and/or (b) Skinner Inc. may place the merchandise in a subsequent
auction, without Reserve, to be sold to the highest bidder, and after deducting the standard commission and any additional charges that may apply, remit the proceeds
to the purchaser.
5. Skinner accepts cash or check for payment. Personal checks will be acceptable only if credit has been established with Skinner, Inc. or if a bank authorization has
been received guaranteeing a personal check. Skinner, Inc. reserves the right to hold merchandise purchased by personal check until the check has cleared the bank.
The purchaser agrees to pay Skinner, Inc. a handling charge of $25.00 for any check dishonored by the drawee. Please contact Accounting for additional payment
methods. Skinner does not accept payment by credit card for merchandise purchases.
6. If the purchaser breaches any of its obligations under these Conditions of Sale, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price of all items for which it was
the highest successful bidder, Skinner Inc. may exercise all of its rights and remedies under the law including, without limitation, (a) canceling the sale and applying any
payments made by the purchaser to the damages caused by the purchaser’s breach, and/or (b) offering at public auction, without reserve, any lot or item for which the
purchaser has breached any of its obligations, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price, holding the purchaser liable for any deficiency plus all costs of
sale.
7. In no event will the liability of Skinner, Inc. to any purchaser with respect to any item exceed the purchase price actually paid by such purchaser for such item.
8. Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide the list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and
overseas. Some property that is sold at auction can be subject to laws governing export from the U.S., such as items that include material from some endangered
species. Import restrictions from foreign countries are subject to these same governing laws. Granting of licensing for import or export of goods from local authorities
is the sole responsibility of the buyer. Denial or delay of licensing will not constitute cancellation or delay in payment for the total purchase price of these lots.
9. Sales in Massachusetts, Florida, and New York are subject to the respective current sales taxes. Dealers, museums, and other qualifying parties may be exempt
from sales tax upon submission of proper documentation.
10. A premium equal to 23% of the final bid price up to and including $100,000, plus 20% of the final bid price from $100,001 up to and including $1,000,000, plus
12% of the final bid price from $1,000,001 and over will be applied to each lot sold, to be paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price.
11. Bidding on any item indicates your acceptance of these terms and all other terms printed within, posted, and announced at the time of sale whether bidding in
person, through a representative, by phone, by Internet, or other absentee bid.
12. Skinner, Inc. and its consignors make no warranty or representation, express or implied, that the purchaser will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights to any
lot sold. Skinner, Inc. expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the lots sold in this catalog. The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material
produced by or for Skinner, Inc. relating to a lot, including the contents of this catalog, is, and shall remain at all times, the property of Skinner, Inc. and shall not be
used by the purchaser, nor by anyone else, without our prior written consent.
13. These conditions of sale shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law).
The buyer/bidder agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this agreement may be brought, and any action against Skinner in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this agreement shall be brought, in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any federal court sitting therein. The bidder/buyer consents
to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives objections that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit.
Revised January 21, 2015
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Directions to the Marlborough Gallery
SKINNER
From Boston and Points East:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) West to Route 495 North at exit 11A. Proceed on Route 495N
to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. At the bottom of the exit ramp take a left at the
lights onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light onto Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
From Points North:
Take Route 495 South to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. Stay left at the fork in the ramp, and turn left onto
Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light onto Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
From Points West:
Take 290 East toward Marlborough. Merge onto Route 495 South via exit 26A, toward Cape Cod. Take the
Simarano Drive exit, 23C. Stay left at the fork in the ramp, and turn left onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at
the next light onto Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
From Points South:
Take Route 495 North to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. At the bottom of the exit ramp take a left at the lights
onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light onto Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
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Absentee Bid Form
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NO
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Name (Please Print)
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Address
City
Phone #
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check if change in address
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I wish to place the following bids in the sale listed above. I understand that Skinner, Inc. will execute bids as a convenience, and
will not be held responsible for any errors or failure to execute bids. I understand that my bids are executed and accepted as per
Conditions of Sale as printed in the catalog of this sale.
Signature (Required)
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FOR OFFICE USE
Marlborough
Boston
Phone
63 Park Plaza
Boston, MA
02116
617.350.5400
Fax 617.350.5429
Fax
Mail
Person
274 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA
01752
508.970.3000
Fax 508.970.3100
Employee:
www.skinnerinc.com
Board of Directors
Departments
Chairman of the Board
20th Century Design
Discovery Auctions
Stephen L. Fletcher
Jane D. Prentiss
Carly Babione
[email protected]
Kyle Johnson
508.970.3253
Melanie Trottier-Mitcheson
Richard Albright
[email protected]
John Deighton
Karen M. Keane
Andrew Payne
Nancy R. Skinner, Chairman Emerita
508.970.3202
American & European Paintings & Prints
Robin S.R. Starr
Elizabeth C. Haff
Michelle Lamunière
[email protected]
508.970.3206
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Stuart G. Slavid
Stephanie Opolski
Gwendolyn L. Smith
[email protected]
Executive
Management
508.970.3203
American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Stephen L. Fletcher
Chris Barber
Christopher D. Fox
President/Chief Executive Officer
Karen M. Keane
Chief Financial Officer
Don Kelly
[email protected]
508.970.3200
American Indian & Ethnographic Art
Douglas Deihl
Historic Arms & Militaria
Joel Bohy
[email protected]
508.970.3215
Jewelry
Victoria Bratberg
[email protected]
John Colasacco
508.970.3254
[email protected]
617.874.4313
Executive Vice President
Stephen L. Fletcher
Antique Motor Vehicles
Jane D. Prentiss
[email protected]
Managing Director
508.970.3253
Asian Works of Art
Marie Keep
Kerry Shrives
Stuart G. Slavid
Kerry Shrives
[email protected]
508.970.3256
Marie Keep
Senior Vice Presidents
Judaica
Judith Dowling
Helen Eagles
Suhyung Kim
[email protected]
Musical Instruments
Jill Arbetter
[email protected]
508.970.3216
508.970.3263
Oriental Rugs & Carpets
Vice Presidents
Victoria Bratberg
Eric Jones
Books & Manuscripts
Lawrence Kearney
Devon Eastland
Erika Jorjorian
[email protected]
[email protected]
508.970.3293
508.970.3247
Ceramics
Photographs
Gloria Lieberman
Carol McCaffrey
Robin S.R. Starr
Stuart G. Slavid
Michelle Lamunière
[email protected]
[email protected]
L. Emerson Tuttle
508.970.3203
508.970.3264
Regional Directors
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Western Massachusetts:
Robert C. Cheney
Jonathan Dowling
George Thomas Lewis
Paul Dumanowski
413.727.2721
[email protected]
[email protected]
508.970.3201
Florida: April L. Matteini, G.G.
Silver
Stuart G. Slavid
[email protected]
508.970.3203
Wine, Whisky & Ale
Marie Keep
Joseph Hyman
508.970.3138
Michael J. Moser
[email protected]
[email protected]
508.970.3296
Maine: Bruce Buxton
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Auction Services
Consignments
Marketing, Media &
Communications
Appraisal & Auction Services
LaGina Austin
Christine E. Finn
Katie Fitzgerald
Rachel Kingsley
Elizabeth Zwicker
Exhibitions & Property
Boston:
Marketing
Laura V. Sweeney
L. Emerson Tuttle
Benjamin Evans
Jenna DeLuca
Olga Gerasymiv
Linsey MacDougall
Paige Lewellyn
Jessica R. Lincoln
508.970.3299
Subscriptions
Institutional Relations
L. Emerson Tuttle
Linsey MacDougall
Receptionist
508.970.3240
Jacqueline Gray
617.350.5400
Advertising/Production
Consignment Services
Pamela Van de Houten
Patricia Walker King
Jeffrey R. Antkowiak
Carol Zeigler
Stanley P. Bystrowski
508.970.3204
John Cornelius
Kristina Harrison
Customer Relations/Human
Resources
Kathleen Jones
Cheryl Richards Photography
Marlborough:
Warehouse
Frederic Trottier
508.970.3209
Samatha Heighton
Carol McCaffrey
508.970.3252
Skinner Online
Receptionist
Kerry Shrives
Lindsay White
Daniel Bar
508.970.3000
Judie Ochsner
Accounting
[email protected]
508.970.3279
Transportation
Eric Jones
Denise Johnson
Absentee & Telephone
Bidding
508.970.3269
William Madden
508.970.3229
Boston: 617.874.4318
508.970.3266
Marlborough: 508.970.3211
Discovery: 508.970.3208
Kevin Rota
508.970.3283
Auctioneers
Chris Barber, John Colasacco,
Stephen L. Fletcher, Karen M. Keane,
Marie Keep, Jessica R. Lincoln, Kerry Shrives,
Stuart G. Slavid, Robin S.R. Starr,
Laura V. Sweeney
63 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
617.350.5400
Fax 617.350.5429
274 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
508.970.3000
Fax 508.970.3100
130 Miracle Mile, Suite 220
Coral Gables, FL 33134
305.503.4423
Fax 305.709.2143
www.skinnerinc. com
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Subscription effective one year from date processed. No refunds for previous subscriptions. Renewal notice will be sent one month prior to expiration.
Subscriptions do not include Discovery, Estates, and other special sales. Post-auction prices are available online at www.skinnerinc.com
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European Furniture & Decorative Arts
$120
$143
American & European Paintings & Prints (two books)
$135 $158
American & European Fine Prints & Photographs $60 $73
American & European Fine Paintings & Sculpture $110 $133
Fine Jewelry $120 $143
20th Century Design $60 $73
Asian Works of Art $60 $73
Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets
$18 $25
American Indian & Ethnographic Art
$60 $73
Fine Books & Manuscripts
$30 $36
Historic Arms & Militaria $60 Fine Musical Instruments $60 $73
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
$60 $73
Fine Wines $60 $73
All Above Departments $750 $915
$73
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Upcoming Auction
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April 21–27, 2015
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For more information, please contact:
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments: 508.970.3201, or email [email protected]
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