GF-3.              $200

Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. shelf calendar clock, 1870-1877.  A precursor company to the Ansonia Clock Co. formed in 1877.  The 33-inch case is veneered in rosewood with a clean finish, but some chips and repairs; note that the right drop finial has lost its tip.  Both glasses are original with modest losses to the images and background.  The painted dial is crackled and slightly soiled, with a few scattered chips. The three hands are original.  The 8-day time-and-strike movement is unsigned; it incorporates Terry’s patent calendar mechanism whereby the date is shown by the calendar hand on the outer ring of the dial while the month is shown through a window under the ‘XII’ by a rotating inner dial.  That inner dial is an aluminum replacement here.  This calendar mechanism, invented in 1870 by William A. Terry, a grandson of Samuel Terry, was used in this clock and two wall clocks (the Octagon Drop and the Drop Extra); it says perpetual calendar, but I believe you must advance the date at the end of the month.  I am not sure how this calendar mechanism works, and I did not test it here.  The movement will run briefly but will not strike, so some attention is needed.  This clock does not come with weights, but the two 8-day weights shown can be purchased for $50; indicate on your bid sheet that you want the weights.  There is a good label inside with the Terry calendar instructions overpasted (not all of these clocks came with this calendar).  Cottone’s sold a nice example in 2021 for $400.  $200–$400.