JP-25.            $50

S. Nation & Bro. column & cornice, ca. 1871. The clock was most likely made by the Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co. and is shown in a catalog illustration from 1891 (“Column Weight”, page 309, Ly, Gilbert Clocks).  The label has an overpaste for the retailer, S. Nation & Bro. in Springfield, MO.  The movement is unmarked, but the gong base is a Gilbert style.  The case is 25 inches tall, veneered in rosewood with tortoise shell columns and repainted capitols, an original lower glass and tablet, and a modern upper glass.  The tablet is quite nice, an image of a Chinese gentleman and a child; the black backing has been mostly lost but could be easily replaced.  The painted metal dial shows considerable flaking, the hands are likely original.  The 30-hour time-and-strike, weight-driven movement is running and striking; there is a good label on the backwall with the retailer overpaste.  $50-$100.