82.            $50

Seth Thomas “Octagon Top C”, ca. 1870.  A miniature cottage, just over 9 inches tall with good rosewood veneer, nicely polished all around.  The dial glass appears to be original, the interesting tablet may be a replacement.  The dial and the ST hands are new.  Seth Thomas made more cottage clock models than you can shake a stick at (see pages 213-230 in Ly’s book, Seth Thomas Clocks & Movements, Vol. 1).  Then, to make it more complicated, ST made multiple cottage movements – 17 are shown in the reference cited.  This example contains the C-type movement, but other movements have also been found in this model.  What is particularly notable about this example is the unusual label, which denotes a Thomaston location, and a manufacture date after 1865.  Many of these models have a Plymouth Hollow label. The movement is signed and running, 30 hours, time-only.  $50-$150.