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92.              $300

Southern Calendar Clock Co. “Fashion No. 2”, 1878.  The Culver brothers’ second model, which introduced the Fashion case style but still used walnut veneer and a door with two dial glasses.  Subsequent models would ditch the veneer for solid walnut and go with a full glass door with Fashion lettering in gold leaf.  The case with finials is 31 inches tall, the veneer good all around except for the top of the time dial bezel, where a repair is evident.  The finish is old, but clean.  Both glasses appear original, the dials have been repainted and antiqued.  The hands are proper.  The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is marked “Made by Seth Thomas for the Southern Calendar Clock Co.” it is running and striking, and the calendar date hand and day roller are advancing.  There is a good label on the back of the door, as well as a ‘Do Not Oil’ label behind the period calendar movement.  AAC sold one with badly chipped dials in 2020 for $325.  $300-$400.

 

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Antique American Clocks                     January 2023

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