128.           $400

E & GW Bartholomew transitional column & splat, 1829-1833. Eli and his cousin George went into business in Bristol, CT making wooden works shelf clocks during the transition from pillar & scroll to column & splat clocks; although this clock is the standard height for a short-drop 30-hour movement (29 inches), it is three inches narrower than the standard of 17 inches.  There are some veneer repairs (noticeably, on the front edge of the base) but the bronze stenciling is very good, including on the blocks above and below the half-columns.  Both glasses are original, the tablet with considerable losses.  The pineapple finials are period.  The dial is clean and bright, the hands correct. The 30-hour time-and-strike wooden movement is running and striking without problem.  There is a good label inside, a key and working lock on the right side, and old tin pulley covers on top.  The upper portion of the backboard has been replaced. Skinner sold a nice example last spring for $594.  $400-$600.